Winter Hiking Columbus Ohio

The granddaddy of winter hikes in Ohio, the 6-mile trek from Old Man's Cave to Ash Cave in Hocking Hills State Park, attracted 2,265 hikers on Saturday, park officials said. It was the 47th annual winter hike there.

There is something wonderful about hearing and feeling snow crunching underfoot, and gazing at the stark, bare limbs of trees reaching toward the winter sky.

Where I was raised a patch of green grass with a baseball diamond and a swing set was called a park. Here the parks are full of wild, forested land and swamps, ponds, or rivers with trails winding through. Each park is diverse and unique and it is so fun to explore them all. Our very first hiking experience in Ohio was organized via the park system and the winter hiking series. We have been hooked ever since. Our house is sandwiched between the larger Blacklick Woods (where we went yesterday) and a quarry park. This was not accidental.