Easy Hike to Snow Lake
Description of hike courtesy of www.vtrail.com
Topographical Map generated with my GPS and MapSource
This is the weekend of dual hikes. Saturday's hike was a simple one: Snow Lake. This is a moderate hike up a ridge and down to a beautiful lake. It is only three miles each way and fun for the whole family.
There is not much to say about this trip. The scenery was breathtaking and the hike is short. Next year I would like to come back with an inflatable boat and float out on this lake and look around. I think that would be fun.
There was one trick to this hike worth mentioning. You go over the ridge and see the lake for the first time and you think you are there. There is still nearly a mile to go to the lake.
One other thing worth mentioning is that on the way back, I came across two women who were afraid of dogs. This was an interesting situation for me. Isis is a sweetheart of a dog really. She is good with adults, children, and other dogs. In fact, unless you show interest in her, she ignores you while hiking. These people cowered off the trail and looked at Isis. She thought they wanted to pet her and tried to approach. One woman had a walking stick and made a stabbing motion at her. All this happened really quickly and I did not comprehend it all until the other woman said I should keep her on a short leash. I did not say anything and kept going. If that woman had hit Isis with her stick, she would have lost the stick. I would have taken it from her and threw it over the hill. She did not, and there was no real problem. A really minor incindent except it got me thinking.
I keep Isis on a 6-foot leash. I began to count and we passed 12 dogs, 4 of which were not on a leash after meeting those people. We had seen additional dogs that day, but I was not keeping track before this. All of the dogs seemed friendly to me, but the women afraid of dogs could not have enjoyed their hike. There are several places to hike where dogs are not allowed. Why would someone like these women do this hike? Certainly, they had the right to do it; I do not mean to imply they did not. But the law allows people to take dogs on this trail so how could they really have enjoyed this? If anyone understands this, please let me know.
Interesting side note: About a mile after this incident, two really small children (I would say both were 4-6) saw Isis and came up to pet her. She gave on a lick on the nose (and the kid just laughed) and the other she just smelled her face. I have to be more careful with Isis as she is such an attacker.
Here are some pictures from the trip:
