Snow Lake

 

I went up to Snow Lake because I refuse to believe that autumn is over and winter has begun.  The trail in supported the idea that autumn is still here,

but I hit my first snow on the trail at 3500 feet.  It was a light dusting at that altitude, but it stayed there all day and didn’t melt.  Winter has started.

When I reach the pass above Snow Lake, the lake was trying its hardest to live up to its name.

and the freeze thaw cycles of the previous week had laid down a inch of slick ice on the trail.

But I made down to the back country off trail to some beautiful little lakes

with a lot  of interesting ice formations.

The best light for the grasses is just before the sun goes down, but it really cools off quickly when that happens.

But luckily it is only a twenty minute climb back up to the pass and you are back into the sunshine. It was still a quick hour and fifteen minutes back to the warmth of the car.

 

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