Charlotte Smith looks like an authentic Valkyrie as she takes part in the annual Birch Leg cross-country ski event at Candle Creek trails on Saturday (note her wooden skis).
A good-sized crowd, many of them wearing Viking costume, took part in the event. Activities during the fun event included choice of distances to ski plus a Scandinavian lunch with Norwegian meatballs.
Left: Cara Elliot carries baby Amy Elliot during the Birch Leg. The event commemorates an incident in 13th 
Century Norway when two Vikings carried the two-year-old son of their king over the mountains to safety during a civil war.
