Snowshoeing at Coopers Rock
It’s not quite been a year since I last posted about hiking, but close. I actually have been hiking, but didn’t feel up to writing about it, since I didn’t have much joy to share.
But yesterday was a gorgeous hike at Coopers Rock, and I wanted to share some pictures. Hopefully this means things are slowly (slowly) getting better.
We grabbed our snow shoes got to Coopers Rock where we saw lots of cross country skiers. Since they all seemed to be heading out the roadside trail, we went down Scotts Run trail, which had no ski tracks for and out and back.
It was stunningly beautiful.
There were a couple of trees down across the trail.
And disconcertingly, here you can see the tree lying over the tracks in the snow we’d made on our way out.
Why did so many trees and branches fall? Because under the layer of light fluffy snow, everything was covered in ice.
But that’s why everything was so shiny and bright and gorgeous. And having gotten there early, we got to see parts of the trail no one else had yet traveled upon.
The other thing that’s lovely about hiking in the snow is just how quiet and peaceful it is. For the most part, we all we really heard was the creek.
Because I kept stopping to take pictures, we were overtaken by a guy who was also out to enjoy the fresh snow.
When we reached the point where we generally turn back (after hanging out by the creek for a bit) we discovered he’d stopped briefly.
Thank you, random stranger, for leaving that. It made me happy.
The hike was just under four miles, but some of that is because I kept wandering off the trail, to hike through the fresh snow and avoid the wet bits of the trail.
Location: Coopers Rock State Forest
Trail: Scotts Run (partial, out-and-back)
Distance: 3.9 miles
Elevation: 1860-2253 ft (475′ change)
And just for fun, I’ve been recording creeks for awhile, now I’m putting them into one place.
I took four different videos yesterday. Feel free to click through and look at the rest.
