I have had a really busy year so far but yesterday I finally got to go on another snow shoe hike with the Sierra Canyon Hiking Group. My last snow shoeing expedition to Andesite Peak on New Years day was wonderful but the trip to Matrimony Ridge yesterday was just as good or better. The book Snowshoe Trails of Tahoe: Best Routes in the Tahoe Sierra By Mike White Has a great description of this trip.
The trail head was near the Kingvale exit off of Interstate 80. We parked under the freeway and snow shoed south about 2.75 miles and 1000 feet of elevation gain. It didn’t seem too hard and the scenery was fantastic. The weather was great too. In fact I was almost too warm.
At the top we sat on some rocks and had lunch before heading down.
If you would like to see all of my pictures from the trip you can see them here.
To be honest, I much prefer hiking during Summer, and I snowshoe primarily just as a way to keep hiking through the Winter. At any rate, it’s definitely almost that time of year. See you in the outdoors!
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