Snowshoeing The White River National Forest - The Traveling Tacos - Minturn / Vail, Colorado

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The last weekend of November 2020, we set out on our first snowshoeing trip of the winter. We intended to backpack to Missouri Lakes in the White River National Forest and Holy Cross Wilderness, but like many of our trips before, we were forced to change our plans.

The White River National Forest is located outside of Minturn, Colorado, just south of Vail. It is about two-and-a-half hours from Denver. We left home early Saturday morning and arrived around 9 a.m. and discovered a few surprises.

We knew it would be cold, but the temperature was all of nine degrees Fahrenheit according to my Jeep - which was much colder than we anticipated. We also discovered that the road we were supposed to take was closed 8 miles from the trailhead. We parked the car and began reviewing the posted maps.

The maps showed that there were trails off Homestead Road and campgrounds along the way, so we decided to hike the road and find a scenic place to camp for the night. We put on our packs and snowshoes and started walking. We didn’t know, at all, what to expect, and we didn’t know how beautiful our surroundings would be!

Read more from the entire snowy, frozen, winter weekend getaway, on our blog, The Traveling Tacos at
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