Snow!

This was taken over a year ago while hiking the Maple Pass - Heather Pass trail with my wife. This was almost the only snow we had last winter both in the mountains and at lower elevations, but we are getting snow now and that's why I've posted this. Where we live the weather has been windy, cold and rainy, but in the mountains they have already gotten more snow than all last winter. The Mount Baker ski area already has nearly five feet at the top with more predicted over the next few days with the ski area opening for business on Thursday. The road beyond the ski area is closed for the winter and so is the North Cascades Highway. It is wonderful to see some real winter in the mountains again, though I prefer it up there and not down here. If the weather is decent on Friday I plan to go snowshoeing at Mount Baker.