On Wednesday we did our first ride of the summer, to the top of Engineer Pass and back, with friends Ed & Kay. We started out at 9:30 am and were back at camp @2:30 pm. It was long enough to make us a little stiff and sore at the end of the day, even though some of the time was lunch break and the trailering required at the beginning and at the end.
We saw many signs of the above average winter snow pack, but this avalanche victim was a startling reminder of the power of "white death". This shambles was once a 4-story building, a historical landmark at one of the old mine sites that had survived countless previous winters.
Break time! Notice E's helmet; we're committed helmet wearers, even though they're top heavy and hair style destroyers! C gets frustrated (hates the helmet) with trying to get photos with all this gear on, but has decided that her intact brain is worth all the lost pictures in the world. We saw 2 deer beautifully silhouetted on a large patch of snow, a great photo op that was lost because of leather gloves and helmet face plate in the way. Oh, well....
This shot of Ed and Kay advancing through a snow tunnel, aka road, gives some idea of the snow depth, even now. Around May 1 the tunnel sides were as high as 30 ft. Now the deepest is around 10'. The temperature was quite noticeably colder as we reached the alpine tundra level where the snow melt is creating lovely waterfalls and rather surreal scenes of nature's snow sculptures and snow hoodoos (next segment).
On Wednesday we did our first ride of the summer, to the top of Engineer Pass and back, with friends Ed & Kay. We started out at 9:30 am and were back at camp @2:30 pm. It was long enough to make us a little stiff and sore at the end of the day, even though some of the time was lunch break and the trailering required at the beginning and at the end. 
We saw many signs of the above average winter snow pack, but this avalanche victim was a startling reminder of the power of "white death". This shambles was once a 4-story building, a historical landmark at one of the old mine sites that had survived countless previous winters.
Break time! Notice E's helmet; we're committed helmet wearers, even though they're top heavy and hair style destroyers! C gets frustrated (hates the helmet) with trying to get photos with all this gear on, but has decided that her intact brain is worth all the lost pictures in the world. We saw 2 deer beautifully silhouetted on a large patch of snow, a great photo op that was lost because of leather gloves and helmet face plate in the way. Oh, well....
This shot of Ed and Kay advancing through a snow tunnel, aka road, gives some idea of the snow depth, even now. Around May 1 the tunnel sides were as high as 30 ft. Now the deepest is around 10'. The temperature was quite noticeably colder as we reached the alpine tundra level where the snow melt is creating lovely waterfalls and rather surreal scenes of nature's snow sculptures and snow hoodoos (next segment).
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