Don, Marlene and I had been up to the overlook in 2009, so we knew what it was going to be. It's a nice hike for snowshoeing, as it is only a couple of miles from the car to the top. Last year we didn't know were the trail went, and followed the tracks of someone that had gone up earlier in the week. They did not follow the summer trail, but a shortcut over to the Powerline Trail, which runs steeply up the hill to the first ridge. Hard to do on snowshoes. This year we again followed the tracks of someone that had gone before, and these tracks split going two ways. We took the ones going west, as I didn't think the trail going east would get us there, but it was really the one that followed the summer trail. A much easier trail, though a bit longer. We found this out because we took it coming back down. This year when we got to the Powerline trail, right at the base of the steep part, we decided to make our own trail tacking across the hillside so as not to climb straight up. It was still quite a climb. Now that I know were the summer trail runs, that is the one I will take in the future. See our map to understand what I am saying.

I didn't take my GPS this time, but based on the GPS map for 2009, we traveled about 4 miles, changing altitude about 1260 feet.