The shortcut

Walking down to the bottom of Vale, there's a long path with a hairpin turn that goes gently, gradually down the hill.  You can just make out the top part of that path - it's where the wooden fencing ends at the centre of the photo.  It only takes 5 minutes to walk that way, but there's always The Shortcut.  In the summer, this is full of growth; jewelweed and who knows what else fills this up, and overhead, the trees' canopies knit together to close off the view of the sky.  It's steep, but not too bad.  This is the first time I tried this in the winter without snowshoes.  Not too bad.  The steepest part is under that massive fallen tree, and I see I didn't slide at all there.

F Number	11.0
Lens ID	LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
Focal Length	14.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 28.0 mm)
Exposure Time	1/100
Exposure Program	Manual
ISO	200
Exposure Compensation	0
Flash	Off, Did not fire