Friday, December 28, 2012

Wenatchee Showshoe

During the winter break, we took a trip to Lake Wenatchee to spend a couple of days in the snow.  Our family friend, Dale Partna, was nice enough to let us stay in his cabin for two nights after Christmas and we had a blast in the snow.  One afternoon, Mia and I went scouting on snowshoes to find the Wenatchee River from Dale's cabin.  On a previous visit, Dale took us on snowmobiles to a spot along the river, but Mia and I are pretty sure that we didn't follow the same path, based on the fact that we did some serious cross-country snowshoeing, including a couple of episodes with tree wells.  Fortunately, we had each other to help out of the wells, and the snow was only a few feet deep, so we never got into any truly sticky situations.  You can see from the speed profile below, where we got bogged down going across country, while towards the end, we got so comfortable in the snowshoes and terrain that we practically raced back to the cabin.


GPS Info

We collected all of the following data from our GPS unit during the adventure:

Maps


This Google Map  is provided by GPS Visualizer

Speed Profile

This profile is provided by GPS Visualizer

Coordinates and other details

  • Mileage: 
  • Time: 
  • Average Speed: 
  • Trailhead Coordinates: 
1.4 Miles
01:22
1.0 Miles/Hr.
+47° 47' 28.74", -120° 38' 59.88"

 
If you would like to use this info with your GPS unit, the full GPX file is here.
If you want to view this in Google Earth, you can download the KMZ files of the track  and topographic overlay.

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