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Post by ukpacker on Feb 17, 2020 2:36:38 GMT -8
2020-01-23 looks sort of droughty
Droughty? If we get a sky like that in the first photo in Europe it often signals an approaching weather front.
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Post by johntpenca on Feb 18, 2020 12:09:53 GMT -8
Droughty? If we get a sky like that in the first photo in Europe it often signals an approaching weather front. The sierra is running around 53% of normal snow pack.
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Post by hikerchick395 on Feb 21, 2020 18:46:09 GMT -8
little snow in the high country (flurries, though, while I was there today) North Lake 9300'
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Post by ukpacker on Feb 22, 2020 4:00:27 GMT -8
This was taken a few years ago from up a hill in Mudus NP in Northern Sweden. I went up there hoping to get a good pic of the surrounding landscape but the light was so flat afternoon and morning so that idea would not work but I think the flat light brought out the graphic quality of this scene.
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Post by autumnmist on Feb 22, 2020 14:08:26 GMT -8
ukpacker , the variety of trees is interesting....stately and sometimes thin evergreens standing tall, vs. apparently deciduous trees partially bent over and sheltered by the snow. One type of tree stands, perhaps in defiance of the snow, and another yields to it. About how deep is the snow? I'm guessing a few feet b/c so much of the deciduous trees' trunks are buried.
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Post by ukpacker on Feb 23, 2020 0:11:31 GMT -8
Hello autumnmist the snow I guess is about 2-3 feet deep and quite firm,a few days earlier there had been a thaw followed by deep re-freeze which made it possible for me to snow shoe in on firm snow, previously the powder snow would have buried the trees more deeply. Mudus is inland and north of the arctic circle so cold temps and deep inaccessible powder for a few months,in summer the hills rise out of wet marshy ground and lakes,it's a protected area for nesting birds.The trees are spruce and birch,not a lot of variety this far north.
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Post by hikerchick395 on Mar 2, 2020 10:11:33 GMT -8
2020-03-02 a little new snow
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Post by autumnmist on Mar 2, 2020 10:57:29 GMT -8
hikerchick395, stunning photo - beautiful, magnificent and serene. In the forested area just to the right of the center, there's a wide path that looks like a ski trail. Is that what it is?
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Post by alaskaskeeter on Mar 2, 2020 19:31:27 GMT -8
March is still winter in interior Alaska...nice time of year with the Iditarod, Northern Lights, cross-country skiing, and skjoring:
Skijoring requires double-poling by the skier, so it is quite a workout for human and canine partner.
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Post by hikerchick395 on Mar 3, 2020 8:32:11 GMT -8
autumnmist it is just detail of a ridge on Wheeler Crest, the area I see out of my kitchen window or from the yard. Although folks do ski on nearby Mount Tom, only the hardiest occasionally access this crest to ski. Not much snow up there either.
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Post by alaskaskeeter on Mar 4, 2020 8:20:11 GMT -8
The World Ice Art Championships are an important celebration of spring in interior Alaska. Both single-block and multi-block (huge) art involving over 70 teams from all over the world. More than 100 international ice artists and approximately 45,000 visitors An excellent time to visit with seeing the northern lights as a bonus.
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Post by alaskaskeeter on Mar 4, 2020 8:23:43 GMT -8
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Post by GaliWalker on Dec 21, 2020 12:38:45 GMT -8
A picture, taken two days ago, for this first official day of winter: GailWalker in a winter wonderland (selfie)
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Post by johntpenca on Dec 21, 2020 20:45:22 GMT -8
Lotsa really nice photos above. hikerchick395; care to adopt me? I'll cook and wash the dishes for those views.
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Post by GaliWalker on Dec 22, 2020 5:40:38 GMT -8
Whipped cream
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