Sunday, November 2, 2008

Hatcher's Pass Snowshoeing

Buck and I went up to Hatcher's Pass to find some snow for snowshoeing. We found it, but so did the many, many skiers. We're hoping that the snow starts falling in the Chugach so that we can go snowshoeing on flatter trails rather than up such steep hills.

The sky was a really gorgeous deep blue though and it wasn't nearly as cold as I thought it'd be- just in the teens not single digits and no wind. Add to that how hard we were working to traipse around uphill in the deep snow, and we were never cold. Here are some pictures- click to view the larger view, especially on that last one.

The view back down towards the valley. Very different view than the last time we were here (in Sept.).


The sun disappearing over the mountains at around 3pm.



Panorama 1


Panorama 2


Panorama 3


Really pretty blue sky and Buck refusing to sit still long enough to pose.


Buck likes to play in the deep snow, as long as he can get out of it easily.


Still a couple spots on the rivers and streams up there that haven't frozen over completely yet. I liked the way the ice formed on this one.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Ooooh, that last one needs to be an icon. And man, I wish we would have had snow shoes when we hiked up the the friggin Exit Glacier. I might have managed to stay upright. I am so coming to visit you in November next time. I miss snow shoeing. And gorgeous pictures all around.

-J

smith88 said...

That last pic is awesome. Do you have a flickr account to post that on?

smith88 said...

Haha, I found your flickr acct. ;)