New BIG Obstacles

The trail started off looking beautiful this morning. The valley was coated in a coat of beautiful white snow.
Unfortunately there are several new obstacles on the Headwater Trail portion.
There is a small evergreen tree bent over across the trail heading up to the farmer's field. On the way down from the field on the western edge of the loop, a huge tree now blocks the trail.
There is also a second tree across the trail leading from Martin's Road to the gultch or cut.
As the day went on, the falling snow turned a heavy, wet near rain. The rising temperatures made the footing tough going. It would have been a great day to be off the trails by 11:30 or so instead of the 2:30 p.m. we death marched on until!!!
The weather forecast has changed from brutally cold for Sunday or only bitingly so. It may end up setting the snow making the footing less slippery but could also make for some hardened snow ankle turners.....