February 1, 2009 Station Flats

Superbowl day and what better way to hangout on the couch and watch the game then by going on a hike first! Station Flats has a few trails going from it. These trails are used by horseback riders and mountain bikers in the summer so it's best to go in the winter. We choose to do a loop which incorporated the Sulfur Springs Trail and the Elbow Vally Trail. There was a gain of about 250m but with going up and down it's more like 400m of gain.

We scared two grouse (or partridge or prairie chicken) from just beside the path. One only went about 20 feet away so I got some good pics of it. Jake and Cleo didn't even notice them! Earlier in the hike Jake found part of a dead rabbit and wasted no time in swallowing it, fur and all. There was no way to get it from him. We figured he would barf that up sometime in the next day, probably at night. Turned out he didn't barf. Whew!

There wasn't very much new snow and there was quite a bit of melting lately. This meant a fairly loud hike with the snowshoes. We could have gone without the shoes except it would have been quite slippery in many spots.


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Feb 1, 2009 Station Flats