This is Galton Pass in Canada.
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In Montana, Red Meadow Lake was still snowed in.
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(Doesn't the above picture look almost identical to the shot from Galton Pass? I just double checked. Different times, different mountains, different countries. Same slow going!)
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Richmond Peak features snow, small trees growing in the trail and "don't slip to the left or you'll die" geography.
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On the Lava Mountain Trail, fresh snow clung to the trees but the path itself was bare when I passed through.
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The road to Brooks Lake had some more deep snow, but pushing through snow is easier than pushing through mud.
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The snow forced us all to slow down and take in the beauty of the mountains. The thrill of clearing a snowed-in pass and then rolling down to the lower elevations and an open trail is one more treasure offered up by the Tour Divide.
Kent "Mountain Turtle" Peterson
4 comments:
That looks more like slush than snow. Heavy, wet, squishy stuff. could only be worse if there was a layer of ice underneath.
Here here! (on the ice being underneath would make it...interesting =P)
Steve in VA
That shot of the tress covered in snow but not the path is amazing! A sign from the gods to keep 'em rolling down the nice clear road.
Looks wonderful. Great reading your post as well.Thanks,
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