This is Galton Pass in Canada.
In Montana, Red Meadow Lake was still snowed in.
(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!)
Richmond Peak features snow, small trees growing in the trail and "don't slip to the left or you'll die" geography.
On the Lava Mountain Trail, fresh snow clung to the trees but the path itself was bare when I passed through.
The road to Brooks Lake had some more deep snow, but pushing through snow is easier than pushing through mud.
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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