Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Tread Carefully: Snakes Out in Force

The snakes seem to be out in force in the south Valley now that the weather's finally turned sunny and warm. As usual, Democrat is a hot bed of rattlesnake sitings, with at least one dog on the losing end of a close encounter (Mt. Express story). Even out Quigley Canyon, one SVBR runner saw an intimidating 5 footer casually crossing the dirt road.

Watch your step.

2 comments:

Brad Mitchell said...

So true - On my first climb up Carbo yesterday afternoon I stepped over a snake on the trail. Don't really know what type it was, then again I didn't stick around to find out!

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