Rex Trulove
This image is a little deceiving. It was taken today and although the clouds are denser than even in the last image, the trees don’t look like they have any snow on them. A person might conclude that there is less snow on the ground. This would be incorrect. There is actually a lot more snow on the ground.
What happened to the snow on the fir trees? In the intervening week, the temperatures raised to above freezing, loosening the snow. When the leading edge of the big storm hit, 30 mile-an-hour winds raced through this area, blasting the loosened snow out of the trees. The view in the other direction didn’t show the same thing because this image was facing the windward side of the mountain while the other picture was to the leeward side.
In other words, this side got the winds and the other side of the mountain didn’t.
I loved every one of these.
Thank you! Glacier is a beautiful place any time of the year.