For Ahna's birthday weekend we decided to head back up to the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness Area and try camping in style (in a tent, that is, instead of under a tarp). The tent, affectionately known as the Hilleberg "Hilton", resembles a large green caterpillar. Below, Ahna is making some water in the paradoxically large, and yet, somehow always cramped vestibule.
Matt's hands are so cold they've turned purple!!
The night before our ski in started out clear, but that familiar cascade freezing fog drifted in sometime during the night. The ski into the campsite was a bit eerie...
Can you tell which way the wind was blowing from the photo below?
The photo above is of Rime on a tree branch. Rime forms when supercooled water droplets collide with objects. Thus, they are a good indicator of prior wind direction as the feathery tails grow INTO the wind. Rime is one of the common non-precipitated forms of snow and ice. Unfortunately, this dull white crust is all too common in the cascades.
Above is a photo of more Rime...
Ahna playing near a small cornice that collapse just before the photo was taken
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