Dale Matson
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Our Modest Out And Back Route
For previous stories about skiing
out of Tamarack see here: https://midsierramusing.blogspot.com/2018/12/tamarack-ski-with-sharon-and-duke.html
We
had a big dump of snow a couple of weeks ago and since there had been
considerable thawing and freezing, Sharon and I figured we would be better off
with snowshoes. We don’t do well with “icy”.
Tamarack
snow park is the highest one of several snow parks along highway 168 and is
about 7,600’ at the parking area. Just a reminder that it is about $5.00 for a
snow park pass for the day in Shaver Lake and $25.00 for a year pass.
We
took our Airedale with us and he wanted to go with Mather and Bill who were skiing
the Raven Trail to the Shaver Overlook with some others. This is a Nordic Trail
only. Bill finally brought Duke back to us on this leash that was trailing
behind him. Bill is from Fresno also.
We
just wanted to get our “sea legs” on our first snowshoe of the year. The trail
was firmly packed by snowmobiles and we did a 2-mile round trip from my truck
with a snack at the turnaround. There is some snow coming in tonight and we
could get some fresh powder to ski on by next week. Let’s hope we get a good
snowpack again this year.
