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Bigelow Trail and Butterfly Trail, Playing in the Snow - 12/28/2014

Created by Charles Miles on 12/31/2014.

2014 December Snowy Ridges and the valley below
2014 December Snowy Ridges and the valley below. Charles Miles. 12/28/2014.

The [link slug="bigelow-trailhead"/], and the highway, were crowded with people enjoying the snow - it was a sleds and snowballs day on the mountain!

In shorts and a t-shirt I had on fewer layers of clothing (and more sunscreen) than any of the people I left behind at the trailhead - I might have been going a little farther, but we were all doing the same thing - just playing in the snow...

2014 December Snow on the Butterfly Trail below Mount Bigelow
2014 December Snow on the Butterfly Trail below Mount Bigelow. Charles Miles. 12/28/2014.

The hillsides below Mount Bigelow had a fun amount of snow - but by the end of my short hike, where the [link slug="butterfly-trail"/] was in the sun, the snow disappeared. 2.76 miles, 800' of elevation gain/loss.

2014 December Butterfly Trail and Bigelow Trail Junction
2014 December Butterfly Trail and Bigelow Trail Junction. Charles Miles. 12/28/2014.

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