Hoodoos Snowshoe, Jan, 2018

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Starting up. And up!

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Keetna peering out of the deep path worn by snow shoes

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The crew working their way up the slopes

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On up the ridge

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Backlit snow shoers.

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Through the trees

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Approaching the Hoodoos

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The final, steep climb to the Hoodoos

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At our lunch stop, admiring the crags

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Lunch stop

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In a normal year, the entire bowl would be covered with snow.

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Heading back down.

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Keetna and I wait while folks ahead descend a steep section

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Sue and Keetna, heading down through the trees.

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With a normal snow fall, the tree would be covered, and we wouldn't have to go under!

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One of the final descents back to the trail head.