road's end

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road's end

logan valley
(click on image for larger size)
location: strawberry mountain wilderness
 
season: late winter

backstory: at 9,000 feet elevation, strawberry mountain is the center point for the local mountain ranges. it is a favorite subject for photographers, mainly from the north side.  this scene is from the south side.

venturing off the two main highways here (26 & 395) takes us onto county and forest service roads into logan valley. a smaller forest service road (1640) heads north up to the wilderness border: road's end.

this is one of my favorite cross country ski routes. it is 12 miles from forest service 16 rd to road's end with a 3000' elevation climb.  lots of switchbacks.  it's a lot of work skiing up; quite fast on the return trip.

while skiing, i sometimes think about hitching a ride with passing snowmobiles to the top. the opportunity never arose until this day.

the late winter snow wasn't great and after 4 miles i decided to turn back to my rig.  that's when 2 snowmobiles pulled up.  we chatted a few moments.  i asked if they were going to the top & could i catch a ride.  30 minutes later, after a lot of bouncing and losing my skis once, they dropped me at road's end & took off.

the 18" of overnite snow at 8,000 feet was awesome. skied around a while to warm up - snowmobiles are a cold ride. found this lovely view. waited a few moments for clouds and sun. click. click. skied back down. got back to my rig just as it got dark.

some treks are like that.




Comments

  1. JimJanuary 8, 2021 at 9:39 AM

    Roads End

    Mountains can be tough to shoot in order to really get what is there.
    Cameras are so small. Ansel Adams worked at it for years.

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  2. kyleJanuary 14, 2021 at 7:17 PM

    thank you for your comment. seems like a worthy endeavor to pursue. what is there to do, really?

    ReplyDelete

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