Contributed by trip leader John Stephenson, with photos from Barb Lowe

To take in the first full moon of 2025, seven CONC snowshoers/yaktraxers trekked up to Jeff View shelter. On the way up, we were treated to a brilliant sunset behind the Three Sisters. After dark, the rising moon took a while to break out of clouds on the eastern horizon, but once it did it lit up the night and the mountains. The shelter was hoppin’ with several other groups of moonlight seekers. The moon was high enough on the return trip to make headlamps unnecessary. I can report with high confidence that everybody enjoyed being up there on such a beautiful evening!