Alpental Snowshoeing

M and I went up to Alpental for an afternoon of snowshoeing. We started out on a nice gentle slope then started heading straight up hill to a waterfall. How come it is always slower and scarier going uphill and when you turn around it takes 2 minutes to get off the steepest section? We were getting nervous about hiking straight uphill so turned around and carefully made our way down to the main trail. Once back on flatter ground, not much time had passed. It was a great end to a great weekend!