Snowshoeing Near St, Elmo, Colorado

Patty and I drove up to St. Elmo, Colorado, about 15 miles west of home, and went snowshoeing on January 24. As opposed to cross country skiing, this is nearly a new thing with us. I had first snowshoed about two weeks earlier: I believe Patty had done it before. On this day, we went just over a mile. We decided we didn't really need the poles, but found using them to be better full-body exercise because you naturally tend to push yourself along.

The snow was ideal, except when we tried to walk out into a nearby meadow. There, we sank in deeply and it was difficult. It was a rather cold afternoon, even for winter at about ten thousand feet.