Sometimes, the hike you plan isn't the hike you get—and that is exactly what makes it an adventure. When a winter storm closed our original route, my friend Jatin and I found ourselves pivoting to the snowy, unpredictable trails of Lover's Leap. From discovering the quiet stillness of a frozen lake to bushwhacking through a strikingly beautiful burn scar (and battling a poisonous mountain thorn along the way!), this journey tested our limits. But as I've learned time and again, the mountains have a unique way of trading physical exhaustion for complete mental clarity. Read the full story and check out the photo gallery to see why getting a little lost in the woods is sometimes the perfect cure for an anxious mind.