Album Snow and Winter Shots

It's been an unusual winter around here, with mountain biking in shirt sleeves on dry dirt in December, near record lows for a brutally cold week and a half in mid January, followed by two very warm weeks with a few record daily highs and some rain that decimated the cross country skiing and did no favours for the local backcountry, which has suffered from a very low and weak snowpack. Even hiking was questionable, with trails covered in a sheet of "death ice". It really was looking pretty grim, until cooler temperatures and a weekend storm that brought 30 cm to the foothills west of Calgary gave a much needed refresh. With fresh snow, sun and mild (-5 C) temperatures, today restored my waning love of winter!
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Jackson said:
Wonder what it looked like when you were still inside! Probably mostly covered?

How cold did it get?
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8F outside; much warmer inside.

Yes I had to reclaim my space every couple of hours by pushing out on the walls. Snowed maybe only 10 inches but the wind was fierce and being on the lee side of those trees deposited a lot more right there
 
SW Pennsylvania Holidays:

cabin and tower, Laurel Hill L.O. by John Morrow, on Flickr

More snow falling, McKenna Trail by John Morrow, on Flickr

Jones Mill Run Trail snowplastered trees by John Morrow, on Flickr

Back Home, getting the ski season started:

trail skiing:

decent snow by John Morrow, on Flickr

Sniffing for powder before this current long frozen drought:

Jake skinning up Tronsen Head by John Morrow, on Flickr

2nd run on After the Crack by John Morrow, on Flickr

some powder by John Morrow, on Flickr
 
More snowshoeing in the southern Adirondacks … Good Luck Lake and Spectacle Lake




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Good Luck Lake panorama from campsite #3


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Deep snow on the trail to Spectacle Lake. Trail markers are typically 6 to 7 feet above the trail


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I think this canoe is snowbound for a while (at the shore of Spectacle Lake)


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Spectacle Lake panorama … there is much more to this lake off to the left.
 
One more snowshoe trip this past Saturday into Jockeybush Lake. This was before our Saturday night snowstorm of 12” of new snow.


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I thought this snow arch looked cool

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Looks like a snow monster is hugging that rock

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Looking up Jockeybush Lake

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I took this photo from inside the snowshoe track

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This is the frozen snow covered waterfall across from the trail. You could hear the water running beneath it.

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Snowshoeing around John Brown’s Farm …
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A view of John Brown’s house with one of the Olympic ski jumps way in the background


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Jackie taking photos through the snow tunnel


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A view of some of the Adirondack high peaks from the farm … Colden, Wright, Algonquin, Boundary (not officially a 46er), and Iroquois. Algonquin is the second highest peak after Marcy.


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The trail comes close to one of the ski jump towers


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