Back Country Ski from Peter's Creek Trailhead

Of course we started at the bakery again for the most delicious scones (rasberry with lemon zest) and coffee.  We woke up at 8:50 am, it's still dark, and had promised to meet people to ski at 9:45, about 40 minutes away.  We were meeting a MeetUp group to go to a trail that we were unable to find on our own a week ago - it wound up the mountain enough to get to the trailhead that we're unlikely to go back if it has snowed much without a 4 wheel drive or chains!  From the start, we headed up and up and up - a lot of climbing!  It was a beautiful day, and one of the people with us was ski-jouring -- being pulled by a dog in harness while on skis - big sport around here.  Eventually the other 3 people added skins to their skis to make it up the rest of the way, and we decided to turn around and take another loop back!  We still had a 3 hour ski, which felt like plenty by the time we got back, and some great downhill on the way!  Now it's another trip to REI on Monday to check out the price of skins!  You have to have the right equipment to play, wherever you are!  It's skins or dogs, and we choose skins!