A snowy Deception Falls
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I don't like to keep posting photos from the same location but this turned out to be my third option for a destination yesterday!
It's been weeks since I've been able to get out to take photos and if you've seen the news, you know that western Washington has been in the middle of an extreme freeze for the better part of a week now. Saturday morning's forecast called for sunny skies before the next storm rolled in so I tried to get out someplace along the Highway 2 corridor.
My first choice was a lookout perched above the Skykomish River valley but all the recent snow & ice have left parking inaccessible at the trailhead so I kept heading east. My next option was to hike a bit of the Old Cascade Highway by snowshoe but once again parking was not an option (too deep & guarantee of getting stuck!). My last resort was heading back to Deception Falls.
Since the Forest Service only opens it during for the peak part of summer, parking is at a premium in good weather let along after a prolonged period of snow & ice. I managed to find a small pullout about 0.5 miles west of the Falls and so I hiked the road back to the falls. Temperatures were in the teens with a forecast of blustery winds. Once at the Falls, I switched to snowshoes since there was about 1-2' of powder snow all around.
A challenging day of photography to be sure. The snow and ice have completely changed what seemed familiar only a few weeks ago. I would have preferred to stay and experiment more but I was getting overdue.
#1 Upper Falls
#2 Lower Falls
#3 Downstream
#4 Downstream (HDR)
#5 Tye River's 90 degree turn
Thanks..
It's been weeks since I've been able to get out to take photos and if you've seen the news, you know that western Washington has been in the middle of an extreme freeze for the better part of a week now. Saturday morning's forecast called for sunny skies before the next storm rolled in so I tried to get out someplace along the Highway 2 corridor.
My first choice was a lookout perched above the Skykomish River valley but all the recent snow & ice have left parking inaccessible at the trailhead so I kept heading east. My next option was to hike a bit of the Old Cascade Highway by snowshoe but once again parking was not an option (too deep & guarantee of getting stuck!). My last resort was heading back to Deception Falls.
Since the Forest Service only opens it during for the peak part of summer, parking is at a premium in good weather let along after a prolonged period of snow & ice. I managed to find a small pullout about 0.5 miles west of the Falls and so I hiked the road back to the falls. Temperatures were in the teens with a forecast of blustery winds. Once at the Falls, I switched to snowshoes since there was about 1-2' of powder snow all around.
A challenging day of photography to be sure. The snow and ice have completely changed what seemed familiar only a few weeks ago. I would have preferred to stay and experiment more but I was getting overdue.
#1 Upper Falls
#2 Lower Falls
#3 Downstream
#4 Downstream (HDR)
#5 Tye River's 90 degree turn
Thanks..
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