Monday, May 21, 2012

Wallowas - First Contact

The Wallowa Mountains are in the northeast corner of Oregon, and are my current location.  In a word, they are spectacular.

Yesterday an aerial tramway took me from the valley at about 5000 feet, to one of the smaller peaks at 8200 feet elevation.  Up there, the trails are mostly snow-covered.  The sky was very white, not great for photography, but that was ok.

I wasn't alone up there...

In places, wind had kept the trails mostly clear, revealing the rock surface underfoot.

Mostly, I just stood and looked.

Today it is raining.  If the weather clears in the next three days, I will be going back up there.

1 comment:

Delta Mike said...

We have only seen them in July, sans snow. If you can catch some clear weather, Hell's Canyon would be a treat to photo. Always been a fire when we were there.