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| The first sight
of the parking lot was a bit daunting. The lot itself was clear
but there were piles of snow surrounding it. |
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| Tim went one
way, towards Mount Shuksan and I went another, to take a look at
Mount Baker, shown here. |
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| I got there via
a big (accidental) snow-slide on my bum, as you can see. I briefly
had visions of me sliding right over the edge but I used my camera
tripod to stop. I provided some merriment for the onlookers - we
all had a good laugh. |
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| The trail along
Artist Point was pretty well covered with snow, but nevertheless
I tried gingerly to step on the cleared spots. That's Mount Shuksan
in the background (my favorite mountain). |
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| In another direction
I could see right down the valley. The tiny spot of light blue in
the middle of the picture is Baker Lake, which we visited a few
weeks ago. The view was astounding today. |
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There's Mount
Baker on the left again, with Table Mountain on the right.
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Here's another
look at Table Mountain. A trail runs along the side of it, about
2/3 of the way up.
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Tim and I
decided not to try to scale this snowbank.
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| Our usual picnic
table was in use, so we settled for another one overlooking one
of the Tourist Information areas. It was incredibly busy today. |
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On our way
back down the mountain, we stopped at Picture Lake, one of the
most photographed lakes in the world. By this time the skies were
clouding over and the wind had picked up quite a bit so there
were unfortunately no reflections to be seen. Ah well, next time,
perhaps...
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| A path winds all the way around
Picture Lake. |
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| I took a picture of a Junco,
hopping about in the evergreens. |
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Here's Mount Shuksan again,
as we descended the mountain.
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One of the ski areas has a
new Welcome display - two huge Ravens.
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They were quite a striking
sight.
And so ended a lovely day
up in the Cascade Mountains.
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