My knee has been recovering very well after my surgery in November. I was off pain meds in three days and off the crutches in a week. I started doing some short walks (couldn't really call them hikes) around the local parks in January. I even went for a snowshoe in Whistler in early January. It was hard not to ski, but snowshoeing along a groomed trail in over a foot of new snow was good consolation, and much cheaper than a lift ticket! 
I started hiking in mid February, and since then, I have done West Tiger Mountain 3 and 2 in the snow, a bunch of hikes around Cougar Mountain, and some hikes in the Columbia River Gorge and in Boulder Colorado. I'm ready for spring flowers! Today I hiked a 5 or 6 mile loop on Cougar Mountain. Not much elevation gain, but I had about 25 pounds in my pack. That's the most weight since my surgery. A few trees were leafing out, but the trail still had snow on it in places thanks to yesterday's storm. And it was MUDDY. This may have been the muddiest trail I have ever been on. Guess spring is on the way.
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