Bassett Creek – Neaton Adventures

Today’s hiking adventure was at Bassett Creek Park.

Minnesota was hit with a snow storm earlier this week. Today might be our last hike with snow coverage before it melts for the season.

We hiked along the nicely paved trails crossing over Bassett Creek.

The trail looped around Bassett Creek Pond.

Once on the east side of the pond, we left the park to cross over Highway 100.

Briarwood Nature Area, in the city of Golden Valley, greeted us on the other side of the highway.

We looped around Briarwood Nature Area, crossing over Bassett Creek again.

The clouds dissipated as we made our way back to Bassett Creek Park. We hiked up the snow covered hill on the west side of the park. At the top of the hill, the tall buildings in Downtown Minneapolis could be seen in the distance.

Two snowmen waved us on as we passed by.

As we made our way back to our starting point, we hiked a very muddy trail alongside Bassett Creek.

Today’s hiking adventure was 4.5 miles.

Today’s hiking adventure was at Theodore Wirth Regional Park.

Wow! This park was packed by 9 am. There were many people cross country skiing, hiking, and biking along the trails. It took us a minute to figure out where the non paved hiking trails were. We decided to hike up the steps to get a better perspective.

The first trail we hiked was the Conundrum Trail. This trail ran parallel to Bassett Creek. The creek was partially frozen. Frozen snow formed stars on the top of the ice covered creek.