My wife and I just wrapped a perfectly wonderful snowshoe backpacking trip on the Morrison trail in Allegheny National Forest, PA. It’s a favorite place for us to play in the deep snow because of multiple loop options, plowed parking lots and great camping. We hiked about 14 tough miles. Snow was deep. It was slushy during the day in the warmer temperatures, but would refreeze at night; not enough to create a crust. It was like chunky sand until the sun softened it. When we arrived, we hiked in a mile in the dark in a snow squall that was not forecast. It stopped as we set up camp and we didn’t even see a cloud the rest of the trip. Days were warm and calm and nights were calm, starry and cool.
