Hello Hikers!
Wed Dec 19
Diane’s Crossing to Hill Road and beyond on the FLT, Danby SF
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Official head count: 13H, one D
More photos:
Sat Dec 22
Danby SF: Loop trail from Bald Hill Road to Diane’s Crossing and back
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We’ve been very lucky this fall and gotten an unusually large number of mornings with fresh snow draped beautifully over the woods — this one was the best so far — in fact, it was probably the best winter-wonderland scenery we’ve had in some years
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Normally I load the hike photos onto the web site in the sequence they were taken, so the hike report becomes a chronological narrative of the walk — this time I’m just putting the most dramatic scenes first, so you can get a quick idea how apectacular it was
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This is Michigan Creek looking south from the little footbridge at Diane’s Crossing ….
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…. everyone was bowled over by the spectacular scene
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This part of Danby SF is a perfect setting for a very clingy snow because of the mix of evergreens, mature deciduous trees with lots of small branches, and thick-growing bushes. The situation was even more special because the snow wasn’t deep, so it wasn’t a struggle to walk, just a little bit slippery
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Even the half-mile stretch of road walk looked great — as promised, no traffic ….
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Official head count: 17H, two D
Sun Dec 23
Lindsay Parsons Preserve, West Danby
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Official head count: 22H, nine D