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Kim and I went to go snowshoeing near Mt Pilchuck on Saturday, but there really wasn’t enough snow to call it that. It was, however, a gorgeous day. After a slow start in the morning, we bought another year of the Northwest Forest Pass at the ranger station to park at the trailhead to Marten Creek. We hiked for a while and it looked like spring, with no snow on the trails and warmth in the air. Then we got higher and hit some snow but it was crusty and packed so we didn’t need snowshoes. We probably hiked in 2 and a half hours, and then stopped to have lunch. We sat on a log in the sun and had hot mushroom soup with bread and cheese. We hadn’t seen anyone to this point, but some older fellows who started earlier hiked back down past us and one guy who got a late start caught up to us and turned around at the same spot.