hiking in the snow

My first winter adventure with a camera was hiking through the Calaveras Big Trees State Park (basically Giant Sequoias) in the winter of 2001.  Steve Salt and I hiked a pair of trails  the other day that really reminded me of that first winter experience.  There is something about hiking a trail in the snow; being the first one there (no footprints) the freshness of new snowfall and the adventure of "what the heck am I doing," that makes it all grand!  One of these trails was Devils Lake, compare it to this entry.