Snow Hike

It is almost May and yet I somehow found myself hiking through the snow yesterday.  This weekend the temperatures dropped drastically, so when we decided to go for a hike I made sure I was prepared with winter gear.  However, I encountered a bit more than I bargained for.

Here we are happily getting a picture thinking it was nice that there were a few patches of snow on the way up Nakimushi Mt.

I'm chugging along.

Then we get into this.

And eventually we are dealing with inches of snow.

We turned back after hitting 1,050 meters (3444.88 feet), knowing that the way down would be somewhat precarious.  There were some great views up there.