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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Pain on the Butte Route

 

Well, I went looking for a back door route to Beaver Lake so that people could go up even if the ski runs were operating.  I found one, but it is steep, has a lot of extra elevation gain, and crosses Mountaineers property, which they are pretty pissy about. (And I am a member of Mountaineers, though I am reconsidering that at the moment.) All of that aside, what a difference a couple of weeks makes.  The snow is disappearing quickly.  If they don’t get some new snow, they will not be skiing for many more weeks. I hiked up to the top of the ridge at the Mountaineers, did I mention, don’t do that, and went along the top to Summit West.  I did get a different view of the Beaver Lake, really a pond, as I came down off of the ridge.

Beaver Lake-1

The weather was partly sunny today.  Not as nice as my other trips, but it was a better day for snow shoeing than working. And the lake certainly looks different now.  Here was three weeks ago.

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Here is a picture taken from the same spot today

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But I did get some great light towards the end of the day.

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And some nice turquoise colors when the sun came out

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And I really liked the salmon fish scale color as the sun was getting low in the sky

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At one point, the sun was a low enough angle that it got internal reflections in the ice and emerged at the edge. That’s the white line you see.  Same principle as fiber optic cables, though they are not usually made of ice.

Beaver Lake-15

It was another great day snow shoeing.

Pictures of snow shoe trip

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