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Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Snowy High Country Hike

Heading up the Osha Trail
It was quite cold in the high country this morning as Dr. K, Becca and I did a hike on the Osha Trail outside of Cloudcroft, New Mexico.  After yesterday's hailstorm here in High Rolls, at 7,000 feet, we weren't surprised to find snow at 9,000 feet, but there was more of it than we'd imagined.  Nevertheless, much of the trail was clear and not particularly muddy, so we enjoyed our trek very much.  Afterwards we dumped garbage in the village of Cloudcroft, and then stopped at Family Dollar to buy some supplies for the cabin.  All told, a satisfying and productive trip.
Looking past the Mexican Canyon trestle down canyon to White Sands

Snow on the upper level of the trail

Surprised by the amount of snow up here

Beautiful blue sky in the high country this morning

Inspector of snow footprints

Cold tootsie alert

Snow-covered alpine meadow

Snow melting here . . .

. . . and here

A row of Quaking Aspens

Tree shadows

Heading back

Momentary pause before . . .

. . . pushing ahead

Another view of the Mexican Canyon trestle

1 comment:

Dr. K said...

Becca spent quite a bit of time sniffing animal tracks in her intense canine way.

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