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Visit a website like Trails.com to locate tried and true snowshoeing trails and maps (see Resources below).
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Click on the "Northern California" link to view a list of trails.
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Peruse snowshoeing trails by region by clicking on the Northern California region in which you are interested. Favorite snowshoeing regions include Yosemite National Park and the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountain range.
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Print out the snowshoeing trails you like best, complete with driving directions and topographical maps.
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Check out Donut Falls in Salt Lake City. This snowshoeing trail will take you through Big Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Mountains. This trail is easy enough for beginning snowshoers.
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Give Dog Lake trail a try. This popular summer hiking trail is also ideal for snowshoeing since it has a gradually building slope. The Millcreek Canyon trail is a six-mile round-trip trek.
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Snowshoe Butler Gulch, Colorado. You can find this trail off of the U.S. 40 freeway in Empire, Colorado.
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Take the Elk Ridge trail to meet up with the Meadowview trail located outside Evergreen, Colorado. Visitors to this trail report about 12 inches of snow in the early months of the year.
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Check out the Trillium Lake Loop trail. This snowshoe trail provides views of the lake and of Mount Hood, which is the largest volcano in Oregon.
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Visit the Sumpter Valley Dredge State Historical Park area. This former gold mining area hosts trails for amateur and advanced snowshoers in winter. These trails are located in northwest Oregon, about 30 miles southwest of Baker City, Oregon.
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Trek the Commonwealth Basin in the winter. This popular summer hiking trail is rarely used after the snows fall. The basin is located in North Bend, Washington.
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Visit the Washington State Parks' "Winter Sports Program" website to find information about parking permits to use snowshoeing trails (see Resources below).
