Saturday was grey and overcast in the Pateros area...we ventured up the icy Methow Valley road to Sun Mountain to snowshoe....What a beautiful blue sky day....15 degrees...very slight wind and lots of sun shine....Not ever visiting Sun Mountain in the winter time we were not real sure on what to expect.....luckily the parking lot wasn't to full...so parking was easy....made our way into the lodge for a $5 snowshoe pass for the day....being totally out of our element when it comes to ski areas and such...we had to have a little help figuring out how to attach it to our coats....ask some directions to the best snowshoe trail with a view.... re-parked and hit the trail....well we didn't take the one we were directed to first...but ended up with beautiful views of the valley floor...Winthrop and surrounding mountains....We headed out on Kraule trail....it tends to stay pretty close to the edge of the mountain and circles around and then meets up with View Point Trail....the tra...
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