Round Valley in winter...

A few days ago, I was talking to an avid mountain biker who told me that winter was actually a great way to go riding on hard-pack trails, with the smooth snow making it in fact easier than the rough-and-tumble summer surface. He said he did quite a bit of riding in Round Valley our favorite mountain bike stumping ground in Park City, just on the edge of the neighborhood where we live.

So yesterday afternoon, as the weather was arctic cold and I didn't feel like going skiing, we went for a walk on the snow-packed trail that soon turned out to become a groomed ribbon branching in multiple paths that snaked in all directions on Round Valley's pristine and well contained valley floor. The walk was athletic as each step in the snow and particularly in the steep isn't nearly as efficient than on hard pavement and while providing us a wonderful and body-warming exercise, it made us discover another winter treasure that we had heard existed, but did not fully believe it could be so charming and fun!