If you haven’t been out on the Raccoon River Valley Trail as this record-breaking winter finally begins to wind down, you’ve missed a whole lot of views like these! These photos were taken on Friday, February 26, at the Waukee trailhead on the RRVT, along U.S. Highway 6 on the northwest corner of that town. Both signs stand 7 to 8 feet tall, so you can see just how much snow has been piled around them. As you travel on west and north along the trail, you can find places where snowdrifts are 8 to 10 feet high and might stretch for 50 yards along the trail. What a winter! Welcome spring!

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