I just love snowshoeing in the late season.  It seems that a lot of people lose enthusiasm once the calendar says "spring," but late March and April are the best times to be out snowshoeing, to me.

We had an absolutely wonderful evening Saturday for the Skyline Lake Moonlight trip (see photo page for more pictures).  Unfortunately, there were SIX empty seats on the van.  Cancellations.  People losing interest in the snow?  Too bad.

I've got three snowshoe trips left.  Tuesday we're going to Glacier Creek Road by Baker.  The forecast looks great, and I'm really excited for that one.  Should be some great views of the north side of Baker.  We've got FOUR empty seats on that one.  It was full, with a wait list until recently.  People losing interest in the snow?  Too bad again.

Next Saturday we're doing Mowich Lake near Rainier.  That's one side of the park that's accessible, and with the rising snowline, it works out great right now to drive in fairly close, then still have plenty of snow up at the lake.  I'm really looking forward to that one too.  I'm glad to see that one is still full.

The final snowshoe is April 15 to Artist Point at Heather Meadows.  I've had bad luck with weather and haven't gotten to Artist Point in a while, so I'm hopeful for that one.  Again, the trip was once very full, but I think a spot or two have opened up.

If you can, get those snowshoes out one more time.  It's some of the best snowshoeing of the year.  And we haven't even mentioned how great the downhill sliding is on spring snow!