A Good Time for a Winter Hike
Plan a winter hike or cross-country ski trip this weekend. But dress warmly to avoid frostnip and frostbite. Frostnip and frostbite are two types of cold injuries that are related to the amount of heat circulating to peripheral areas of the body. These include fingers, toes, ears and the nose. Frostnip is essentially the freezing of the top layers of skin; it is generally reversible. Frostbite is more severe because freezing occurs through all layers of skin so muscle and tissue may freeze as well. Both are serious conditions. Never rub skin that is affected by frostnip or frostbite. Ice crystals form within cells during the freezing of tissue and rubbing affected skin can cause destruction of cells as they are torn away from the ice crystals.
Pictured today is a shot of a Bear Run trail in winter. WPC currently protects 5,000 acres of the Bear Run Reserve near Fallingwater.
Find out more about the 5,000 protected acres that surround Fallingwater at Bear Run