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Article: The little big game: snowshoes on showshoes. (hunting snowshoe hares)(includes related articles)
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- Outdoor Life
- Article date:
- January 1, 1992
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Snow came softly to the Colorado high country. The storm had just been making up over the peaks as we had pitched camp the previous evening. Now, the dawn light was filtering in through snow clinging to the tent walls.
Without leaving the warmth of his mummy sleeping bag, Patrick Smith fired up the tiny wood stove. I poured water from the canteen I'd stored in the foot of my sleeping bag (to keep it from freezing). A few minutes later, we were enjoying fresh coffee and granola bars--breakfast in bed. By the time we finished, the tent was warm and we jumped out of our bags to dress in comfort.
The storm had blown past, leaving 18 inches of fluff ...