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Friday, July 23, 2010

Snow Lake

 

I’ve been waiting for the snow to clear at the ever so appropriately named Snow Lake so I could hike there.  I arrived at the parking lot and was about the two hundredth car there and that was on a Thursday.

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But because of the snow on the trail and steep drop offs, I decided not to hike down.  On my way out, I ran into mountain search and rescue who were coming up to help some people who disagreed with my assessment.  So I worked my way back cross country, still running into a lot of snow, but not the steep dangerous kind.  Here is a waterfall where I have pictures of friends and family cooling off on a warm summer day, but that is when there is no snow and a lot less water.

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But since there was all of that snow, there were also some great waterfalls. I counted seven coming down the cliffs just above source lake. You can also cool off by standing at the base of a waterfall and looking up to photograph it, but be very selective in the water falls that you choose.

 

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Looking out over the Alpental Valley, the water falls are at my back, you can see Adam’s condominium. It is the white dot in the center of the picture.

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And I am constantly amazed that as soon as the snow gives an inch, the flowers start colonizing.

 

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Pictures of Snow lake hike

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