David and I spent the weekend up in Eldorado National Forest near Lake Tahoe. Our mission was twofold: do some snowshoeing, and get some firewood. After picking up the woodcutting permit and getting our 2007 fire permits (always good to pick those up early, instead of worrying about it later in the summer), we drove up to Loon Lake.
We had our snowshoes along but it turns out we barely needed them. There was about a foot of snow at the lake, and it was almost entirely melted out in the sunny areas. Saturday night we found a decent backcountry campsite near a campground that was closed for the winter season. Too bad there was no snow! It felt much more like a summer weekend in the mountains than February – bright and sunny and in the 60s both days.
