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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 1 -
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! |
| 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!!! |