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Monday, November 25, 2013

Snowmelt

Where'd all the snow go?
The two inches of snow we got yesterday is all but a memory of a whitewashed desert.  Our overnight temperatures weren't as cold as predicted so the snow melted pretty quickly, and we didn't get the added precipitation that was predicted.  It is still pretty cold, and the sky, which is supposed to clear, is completely overcast. Surprisingly there were a lot of other hikers out today--probably many of the ones who were uneasy about traveling in yesterday's snowfall.
There's a little left on this Hedgehog Cactus

A first:  a toddler's shoe left behind on the trail

Remnant of snow on a baby Soaptree Yucca

Absence of the white stuff

A bit of snow on a Rainbow Hedgehog

Clouds becoming fog

Still snowy in the higher elevations

Gap between the Organ Mountains (left) and the Franklin Mountains

A large group of hikers on the trail around Tortugas Mountain

Not a whitewall tire

Snow on a Barrel Cactus

6 comments:

JACQUELINE said...

That looks so cold! (I love long, hot, sunny days.)

Scott said...

I really like your image "Clouds becoming fog."

The gap between the Organs and the Franklins...did the two ranges result from the same orogeny, or did they form at separate times? If they're from the same orogeny, I wonder why the gap is in place. Neat, nevertheless!

Dr. K said...

Beautiful photo of the gap between the mountains.

packrat said...

Jacqui: It has been very cold here, but things are looking up. Temperatures are on the rise, and the meteorologists are predicting sunny skies.

packrat said...

Thank you, Dr. K.

:)

packrat said...

Scott: Although both the Organs and the Franklins are part of the Rocky Mountains, the Organs are the younger of the two ranges.

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