In the hills to the south at the upper end of the grasslands are some routes we can only do in winter.    These routes will not be specified here and interested hikers or snowshoers will have to explore the areas on their own.   All of the routes start on public roads, then head off on snowed-in backroads.   If fences or gates are closed and/or signed, we don’t proceed, instead veering off to follow snowmobile or snowshoe tracks on double tracks and single tracks into the hills.   

On this day I followed a route I have been doing in winter for decades, past an old homestead. 

A few images are shared here.    Click an image for a lightbox view, a caption, and possibly some clues. 

the start of the route

one of 3 buildings

a line of aspens

a cabin right next to the creek

part of a loop route

another of 3 buildings

across the snowy windblown hills right before the tree line

A video of the hike is also shared here: