EVENT RECAP By Gary Robbins:
As people trickled into the North Shore Athletics in Squamish, the
weather tempted us with patches of blue and views of the surrounding
snow covered peaks. Could we really get lucky for the third straight
year?
Thankfully it rained to an elevation of about 1000m throughout the
week, which is right at the parking lot trail head for this snowshoe
run, and all 4x4 vehicles were able to make it to the starting point
without issue. We had six car pool vehicles and I greatly thank all who
offered up their trucks up for transport on the day!
Even as we all collected in the parking area for our starter photo
the skies played with us. A small blue patch here, some climbing cloud
cover there...maybe, just maybe it would clear completely for us! This
dream was quickly put to rest however, for as we ascended the trail the
cloud cover grew thicker, the temperature dipped, and the snow started
to fly! We had one brief vantage point back over Squamish after about
fifteen minutes of snowshoeing, but the rest of the day would be spent
in a winter wonderland.
