On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
We took the birding class over to Alice Island this morning in hopes of finding the Snowy Owl that was seen there yesterday. I went back two other times later in the day, once with Rowan and Connor, the other time by myself a little before sunset. Weather: Clear skies prevailed last night and temperatures … Read more
The snow’s been deep and I’ve been fighting a cold, so I have not spent too much time outside the last couple of days, though Thursday night I did get the chance to tag along looking for screech owls. Weather: The forecast has continually called for rain and snow, but we’ve just been getting snow … Read more
I did not have much time outside today, but did get this picture of the snow blowing off the peak of Mt. Verstovia. Weather: The snow did not fall all day, but there were periods of snow that were quite heavy. The total accumulation of snow appears to be 4 or 5 inches now with … Read more
Last week I wrote a post on snow with a photo showing where an avalanche had cut loose. Since that time a second avalanche has also released on the same hillside (see above). I suspect these did not make it all the way down to Medvejie Lake, but it would be interesting to see. Last … Read more
Note the location where an avalanche started just below and left of the center of the photo. It has been such a cold spring, with the snow level regularly below 1000ft even into May, I had forgotten that winter did not start out this way. Even into late December, the snow level was regularly well … Read more
It’s been quite windy 2 of the last three days with plenty of rain to go along with it. During the brief breaks where the mountains are visible, it’s possible to see that the snow level has dropped a fair bit. It’s probably down to 3500 or so. It’s still not on the peak of … Read more