I like hiking on Sunday afternoon when the rest of the world is tied up with some sport on TV. This afternoon I parked at the Carlson road trailhead and headed out on the lower section of trail 25. I checked the trail from the road and chose to hike I’m boots with microspikes rather than snowshoes. It was a good decision. The trail was well used by hikers, snowshoes and at least one snow bike. I easily followed the stomped out track to the bottom of Deep Creek Canyon and up the other side. Once I reached the old Deep Creek Road, Trail 25 had not been as well used, but I followed a single set of snowshoe prints, sinking in a bit, but not too far. My trekking pole was hitting the ground less than a foot down. Where the trail dives down a hill, the snowshoe tracks wandered around the bluff following an unofficial bike trail. I followed those tracks back to Deep Creek Road just above the Centennial Trail. At that point, I followed the Centennial Trail back to my car. I had my choice of more than one set of tracks to follow on the paved trail, and once again, my trekking pole indicated that the snow wasn’t very deep.
I didn’t see any other hikers on the trail. I saw an otter swimming in the river when I crossed the bridge.
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