Here comes the snow again. As I write this blog all I see is white. The entire place is covered. The pine trees and rooftops everything is covered with the white stuff.

That’s right Big Bear is getting dumped on again. It’s turning out to be quite a solid winter for natural snow. Big Bear accumulated about five to six inches last night and it continues to come down. We expect another six inches today and a huge dumping on Saturday. Check out Big Bear’s five day forecast.

The lake loves it, the trees thrive on it and best of all people take pleasure in it, including myself. In fact, yesterday I went on a hike in the national forest. I took the trek with my friend Scott Road. We went on our hike before the snowfall. The conditions for were decent with frozen grounds and hard-packed snow. I figured we didn’t necessarily need snowshoes for this trek. I strapped on my snow boots, Scott tied up his heavy duty hiking boots and we headed out to the forest.

We hiked about three or four miles when it occurred to us that the snow was taking a real bite at our shoes. Scott’s toes began to get a bit nippy and he started to complain that his feet were freezing up.

As we continued on Scott’s complaints got louder and more frequent. Interestingly enough my feet did not feel the cold. I sensed that the snow was trying to squeeze the blood from my feet, but I was quite content. I can’t credit my boots for the insulation; it was definitely because of my handy dandy socks. Socks are crucial for hiking and especially for snow treks. The socks I used for the hike were Wigwam wool socks. Not only are Wigwam socks well insulated, but quite comfortable I might add. We both concurred that Scott should have spent an extra few dollars on a pair of quality socks. We both agreed that quality socks can make all the difference.

We headed home to get Scott’s feet some shelter and defrost them next to the fireplace. I am proud to say my feet were just fine, thanks to my handy dandy socks. I am convinced that Wigwam products do provide the comfort to get me through all four seasons, even in the snow. Now if I could just find a set of quality boots.

Do the Wigwam Dance,

Daniel Pea