Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Sun and snowy January

Atop the hill out back looking at James Peak and the Divide.
Jesse, Smrp, Bear looking towards the 'sleeping giant'
Some great weather with none of that 'stuff that moves things around'...the thing that shall not be named or else it will rear its ugly head.  Peaceful, quiet, calm, are the words that come out of one's mouth when that 'thing' isn't around.  It's been a warmer than normal week, again, but today we woke up to around an inch of snow and it kept falling all day.  An upslope, again, where the Front Range gets more than the rest of Colorado. We ended up with 3-4" and Summit County only got half that at best.  I still have yet to go backcountry skiing since the first time in December where it was pretty crappy conditions. I'm sure it's better now, but i don't imagine by much.  I think we've received maybe a foot (at most) of snow since then.  What a weird winter!

Snow on the East faces of all the trees?!
Bear and the Smrp on a hike today
  But then, this afternoon, that 'thing' started up...not too bad (yet)...but it's back. At least that's what the forecast is saying. 




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