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Saturday/Sunday - March 26/27,
1999
Section of the Black Forest Trail (which is 42.2 miles in
length)
The Black Forest Trail/Ruth Will Trail
Location: Tiadaghton State Forest - Slate Run, PA
Length: 3.5 miles
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Day
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This was my first winter-weather
backpack trip! I've been wanting to experience winter camping but not in extreme
conditions. Our daytime temps for the past few days were hovering in the 50's and the
nighttime lows were around 20 so I thought this would be a good time to go for it! I
didn't want to do a long trip not knowing how I would handle the conditions so we opted to
do a short trail.
There was about 8-10 inches of snow on the trail so we took the
snowshoes just in case. We got to our campsite about 8:00pm walking in through moonlight. There was a full moon so
our headlamps weren't needed - it was a clear, crisp beautiful night! We parked beside a
couple cars that belonged to friends of ours who we knew would be out on the trail xc
skiing.
While we were setting up camp, our friend Bill came skiing by and stopped
for a spell - he was in search of the other group of our friends that were
ahead of us. He headed out to find them and we finished setting up
camp. About 30 min. later they all showed up at camp. It was a
beautiful moonlit evening.
Day
2 -
The next day after cooking breakfast and taking down camp, we finished out
the Ruth Will Trail on snowshoes. It was a very enjoyable trip and a
real hoot to have friends stop by to visit in the middle of the
night! :^) |
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March, 1998
Sproul State Forest near family hunting camp |
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Stef zipping down a hill! |
I'll never catch her on snowshoes! |
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January 2, 1998
Sproul State Forest at family hunting camp |
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Me, Stef, and Pap-Pap taking turns
going down a steep ski trail. |
Stef, Pap-Pap, and Dave getting
suited up to hit the ski trail. |
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February, 2000
Tiadaghton State Forest near Ravensburg State Park |
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Skied the Bear Paw
Trail at Ravensburg State Park several times this year in February and March
when the conditions were good. |
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February, 2000
Tiadaghton State Forest near Ravensburg State Park |
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Skied the Bear Paw
Trail at Ravensburg State Park several times this year in February and March
when the conditions were good. |
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She's up! |
She's down! |
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The Bear Paw
Trail at Ravensburg State Park on 12/24/00 - conditions were ok but rubbed
on a lot of rocks. Need more snow!!! |