Our wet, warm winter continues. We've never had so little snow so late, and the 16 inches of rain we've had so far in December has completely melted the 11 inches of snow we had a couple of weeks ago.
Baranof Falls is really running high now after all the December rain! The flow to the left of the waterfall is not common--we only see it when there has been an abundance of rain. Normally at this time of year there would be such a low flow coming over the falls that we could see a lot of rock.
Sadie Creek (next to the lodge) is also running high.
The water's been coming pretty close to the bridge over Sadie Creek.
One last shot of the creek.
As of today, all the snow around the lodge has melted and the snow line is back up around 2000 feet. We still have a couple of weeks to go and are hoping to get some snow before Christmas, but there is none forecast for the next week.
Feral likes a big breakfast before she goes hiking!
When we did have some snow a few weeks ago, Jen, Feral and I hiked from the lodge up to the lake. Some people think you can't hike with cats......you can, but it slows the process down even more than hiking with Jen and her cameras.
Baranof Lake a few weeks ago. In a normal year, the lake would be frozen by now with a lot more snow.
Frozen Alder cones.
Frost pattern on the windows at Melinda's newly remodeled cabin in "town" (as we call the townsite at Baranof). This is about a half mile from the lodge.
Feral telling us she's ready to go home!
Looking for the trail.
Rest Stop
Feral explores every nook and cranny.
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