Snowshoe Hike

Front: Nathan Montgomery, Mikey Peterson    Back:  Mike Hutchings, Randy Melara, Braden Chappell, Bishop Scott Eliason

Since the beginning of 2009, I have been serving in the Young Men's organization in our ward.  In February, Bishop Eliason and I took our group of Priests on a snowshoe hike up Big Cottonwood Canyon.  We hiked a trail that began near the Jordan Pines camp site near the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon.

Self portrait in Big Cottonwood Canyon

I had never been snowshoeing before, but I really enjoyed myself.  We walked a couple of miles up the trail, stopped for lunch and then turned around.  On the descent, we had a lot of opportunity to play in the snow and have some fun.

Panoramic view of our group taking lunch

Braden and Nathan demonstrate how to eat Top Ramen straight from the package raw.

Bishop Eliason takes a moment to enjoy the view.

The weather was beautiful that day and the hike was not too strenuous.  The Priests that came with us were Randy Melara, Braden Chappell, Nathan Montgomery and Mikey Peterson.  In the end, everyone had a good time and deemed the hike a success.