Spring snow in fall

Took advantage of some beautiful, sunny weather to get the second ski trip of the month in on the Muir Snowfield. There was less snow then two weeks ago, but what was there was remarkably good; awesome spring-like snow. It was so good, in fact, that I still pulled into the driveway with a smile on my face despite getting a $100 ticket for having expired tags on my car and destroying my left ankle on the hike down from the snowfield. See the photo below for the ankle carnage. Not broken, but a pretty impressive bruise. I was able to mountain bike today.

The aftermath:

Cleaning out the camera

Finally got a chance to look at some of the stuff on my video camera and realized I had some good stuff going back to August. With cold weather moving in, it's a good time to get summer off the camera. We'll start recent and go back:

Ingalls Lake/S. Ingalls Peak: Oct 18
Went here to see the larches, pine-like trees that turn a bright orange in fall. Turned out to be a beautiful, sunny, but cold day.

Muir Snowfield/Rainier: Oct. 11

This was technically my first ski of this season, almost 3 months after my July trip to Adams. Much tool long. No action shots, but you get the idea.

Alta Peak: Sept. 13

One of my favorite hikes in the Snoqualmie Pass area. You pass about 10 lakes and tarns and walk through miles of open, colorful meadows. View from the top is amazing, but I opted to take video of an avalanche path off the West side of the peak that has to be seen to be believed.

3rd Burroughs Peak: Mid-August

This peak just north of Mount Rainier (it's in the park) gives you an awesome view of the north face of Rainier. We've gone up to this area almost every fall since we moved here, and it's always worth. There's great skiing in this area in spring.