No fresh snow, so winter hikers continue to trample the more popular multi-use trails. We decided to check out the more remote, eastern loop of UMore Park, which turned out to have decent enough conditions for the Hok skis.
We were worried at first, because heavy equipment had torn up the access trail, apparently doing habitat alteration to turn the forest into more of an oak savanna. But fortunately the work was limited and we had decent skiing for the rest of the trip.
You can see here one of the hills that was steep enough for Nordic skiers ahead of us to have used the herringbone technique to ascend, while we could just shuffle up easily due to the skis skins.
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We took an easy pace, with many stops to hunt for mouses along the way.
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More construction! When we first saw this down the trail, we were concerned that it would mean the rest of our trip would require hiking, but fortunately it was just a temporary road laid down along a powerline that we easily crossed without having to remove our skis.
Aside from returning down the torn up access trail, we had good (enough) skiing the rest of the way. It was quiet, and aside from one hiker with his hunting dog who enjoyed saying hi to our huskies, we were the only ones on the trail.
...until the end when we saw two different groups of hunters out in bright orange. The park is open for pheasant and goose hunting this time of year, and perhaps we should have been dressed more visibly ourselves. But we didn't get shot! And survive to ski another day.
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