Snowshoeing for Bouldering

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Yesterday was a beautiful day - a day that truly hinted that spring was just around the corner: light coats, no gloves, high angle sun... a glorious day.

We headed out to Dedham, ME with some friends. Our goal, to explore some bouldering locations from our friend's guide book -->
Our destination: Hurd Pond.

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Even after the 5" or so of rain and several days of 40º weather there was still 2+ feet of snow in the woods. The conditions weren't ideal for trail finding but we did eventually find one of the guide book climbs, though I can't remember what it was called or rated, V13? Here are Greg and Kim going through the moves:

Evan was climbing the same rock but around the corner. He would have made it but commented that he couldn't do it "with his mittens on."
There were plenty of sunny, dry rocks to have our picnic on, which made for lots of smiling faces.

Did I mention there as a surprising amount of snow!
The ferns were, as always, beautiful:
And at the end of the day Wynn found herself helped back up the steep hill by her two suitors!
I was hesitant to have winter leave, it's been such a good one. But a few more days like this and I will be stricken with spring fever for sure. Ending the blog on a Wynn note as I like to do: