Snowbound travel depended on a single wagon track for navigation.

Evidence

Miss P. gave me a pair of men’s socks to draw on over my boots, and I set out tolerably early, and broke my own way for two miles. Then a single wagon had passed, making a legible track for thirty miles, otherwise the snow was pathless. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 168

Categorization

• CANDY: A single wagon’s track readable for thirty miles in pathless snow—great trivia about winter travel.
• XREF: Resonates with the reader’s interest in women’s daily improvisation—socks over boots as a homemade solution. — connects to: Travelers crossing trackless snow must guess which footprints lead the right way — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 190

Broader Connections

• Travelers crossing trackless snow must guess which footprints lead the right way #expands (1.00) — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 190