Bryden and Dario were too excited to walk around waiting for everyone to get ready to go - they had to run in their snowshoes!
Here's Bryden, ready to go with his new ice axe securely lashed to the back of his pack.
Gavin is snowshoeing great! Here he is, following in his daddy's footsteps!
Sorry that it's a bit blurry, but here's Bryden and dad working on ice axe technique for ascending relatively steep snow.
And good ice axe technique for a glissading descent!
We stopped by the Yakima River to throw snowballs in the water, and at each other
Bryden definitely likes to play in the snow!
Gavin and Glenn on the snowy shores of the Yakima River
A strange snow beastie found alongside the trail
And the successful climbers, cresting the top of the hill!