The first of the week we had the courses pretty well dug out. Then the snow came and in 2 days dumped over 2 feet of snow. So we were out digging again. This time the snow was so wet, our gloves, coats, and socks were soaking wet. We were freezing.

On Friday we hiked up to Course #1, and were the first to discover that 3 Fir trees had fallen under the weight of the heavy snow. (yes Larry, they were Fir trees, flat, friendly etc.)

The benches above are where the girls wait in line to go on the course. Behind the tree in the center is a swinging log suspended parallel to the tree. It has little notches cut in it and the girls climb up then walk across a 1/2 " wire to the tree farther down the hill. That is where the zip-line starts, and down they go.

Can you see the huge boulder embraced in the root of the fallen tree? It really was a miracle that this course was not destroyed.