Snowy Adventures, Santa Cruz, and Snow!

Hey good people!

(So first of all, you can check out adventuretalk.weebly.com for the short and sweet version of this blog post.)

So for a while, the most exciting thing happening in Tahoe was this...

Dogs...

Vs. Cats!

Because the mountain looked like this...

But at the end of January the clouds finally decided to be nice and Tahoe got some snow!

Look at all those snowflakes!

Ramagurd!

So we were all pretty stoked!

I was so stoked I decided to go up and enjoy it!

Aw...

Yeah!

Crushin Pow Pow with friends

So good!

Sadly that day did eventually come to an end...

And Tahoe was looking pretty good when it did...

I love this place!

And then February rolled around, and Tahoe was still feeling nice!

YAY!

And the Face opened! So Heavenly finally has expert runs again!

My kids were stoked too!

Eventually though I did decide to take a little trip...

To get away from the rainy-wetness..

And get more of this...

I had to do this...

Because how do you resist sticking your feet in this?

(I have no idea)

And then my other friend arrived, so we went to get one of these!

Sadly the burger wasn't the only thing that was in and out...

But I got it all fixed up, and then returned to this!

Let it snow!

Beehive Basin Hike

Before I begin, I just want to mention I'm going to begin doing something a little different.  In the past I've treated this blog as a series of random events in my life.  My goal from this point forward is to try to tie the posts together a LITTLE more.  

And on that note!

Following my departure from Alaska, I safely arrived in Big Sky, Montana for a CLIC conference.  I was there both for a wilderness medicine conference happening on the second day, and to visit my dad who was presenting at the conference.

(^and this is how I'm probably going to do it.  Just a little colored story of what's been up.)

Fortunately, when we weren't at the conference, we had time to check out the Beehive Basin Trail!

 A picture of a trailhead. Because Reasons!

There's a chance you might be thinking: "Do these pictures look... better than Chris' other pictures?"

If you were thinking that, you'd be right!  This is the first post where I started shooting with the Canon SX50! (aka better camera)

 Views weren't too shabby...

 The North Carolina CLIC (and hiking) Team!

Water and Mountains.  Can't go wrong... 

Lone Mountain looming in the distance 

 Love me some lookouts!

And then we continued hiking...

The views were surreal 

 Me and my Pops!

I couldn't get over how good the mountains looked...

Looking down the valley we hiked up 

And after about 3 miles of hiking, we arrived at the lake!

Or pond, but whatever

(Try clicking it, I dare you.  Actually, I double dare you!)

Normal picture...

AND GOOFY PIC!

And after taking it all in...

We took it in a little more...

And eventually...

We headed back down

And we saw this guy on the way down!

 Wildlife shot!

And thus concluded the adventure...

 And we met another hiker who joined us for the hike down!

And then we headed back to the hotel, ate some grub, and got ready for the Wilderness Medicine clinic the next day!  A (single) pic of that and another awesome hike are coming in the next post! Get stoked!

Enjoy!

Chris