Spring is showing its colors here in the verdant Northwest. The flowers are blooming in town and change is in the air...
The weather was pretty typical of the season during my trip to Mt. Vernon, Washington this week (note to self, schedule a North Cascades National Park trip this summer). It got unseasonal yesterday--63 degrees in town. I was afraid to look at what it was at The Pass, but it must have been an awesome day!
Unfortunately, I had to work. The good news (at least in one respect) was that all six of the people we had scheduled for our focus group yesterday bailed. Probably had something to do with the weather. We went for a five mile walk.
It was pretty overcast when I got up at 8:30 this morning (I know, but it's the weekend and it didn't snow 16" so why bother?). Dylan and I didn't have a lot of motivation, but the fact that the season is getting short got us moving. We arrived at the crack of noon.
It was a warm, grey day. That didn't make any difference for the conditions--totally spring corn. It got warn yesterday and didn't freeze last night.
Mt. Bachelor from the top of the Escalator.
A snag at the top of Peak II.
Dylan and Zack, we seems to be up on the mountain and in the park every Saturday.
Riding the backside chair.
Snowpack went down 10" over the last seven days. That's how it works out here in the wet Northwest. At least on our low-elevation hills.
Dylan taps the spool.
Not a bad day, all things considered. That said, I'm still rooting for some more powder days. We have five weekends and spring break left for it to happen. My dream is to get away on a 16" day during the week when there's maybe 20 other cars in the lot. Fresh tracks all day long (or as long as my lower body will allow, which seems to be 3-4 hours these days).
Given my work schedule over the next five weeks, the probability of that happening is close to zero.
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