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Snowshoe 3/15 Surprise Creek (alternate for Lanham Lake)
Stevens Pass got up to 7 feet of fresh snow in the previous week. This area was lower, but there was still 3-4 feet of the new stuff.
Everything was draped in a heavy coating of the fresh snow.
No one had ventured up the trail since the deep snows fell, so we had tough work breaking trail.
Scenes from the Surprise Creek Trail
You didn't want to step off the trail-- you'd likely sink up to your waist or deeper
Making our way slowly up the valley
Eventually got to the banks of Surprise Creek, about a mile from the trailhead
Surprise Creek views
We left our mark-- a deep trench in the snow
Snow-plastered trunk of a huge cedar tree
The outbound trip took over three hours, but coming back in our tracks took only about an hour.
A strange sight on the short road section leading to the trail
This SUV was buried in the mounds of new snow. Wonder what the story was?
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