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Thursday, November 4, 2010

Snow Lake

 

I headed up to snow lake with the intention of heading on up too Gem Lake.  My plan was to take some pictures of the fall foliage. There comes a time when you have to abandon your plan, no matter how conceptually brilliant it it, and go with the flow.

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It was a three season hike, all in six hours.  The temperature was 75 degrees.  Well in Seattle, but it probably got to sixty where I was. The hike up in the sunshine was pleasant with some fall colors.

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Of course winter was setting in by the time I got to Snow Lake

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And was pretty well established in the higher lakes off of the trail.

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Pictures of the trail

Winter and fall seemed to be locked in a battle, but the transition to winter is winning.  Due to La Nina, there is going to be a lot of snow this year

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Snow, Ice, Rock, and plant Boundaries

I really like the ice during the first two weeks of cold weather.  My relatives in Arizona may think that discussing the best snow and ice conditions to hike is  the first stage of hypothermia, but there really is a difference.  The ice is iridescent shades of gray, before it is covered with snow.

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Pictures of the frozen lake

and some wonderful ice formations are at the boundary of the ice and land.

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Ice formations

On the way back down, there was some great late afternoon light on the water.  October and November are my favorite months for photography because of the great low light angles.

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Light on the streams

All in all it was a wonderful hike, even though it did not go to plan.

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