lambertiana
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One of my hiking friends wanted to do an overnight trip to Emerald Lake in Sequoia NP. Naturally, he had to twist my arm really hard. When we reached the trailhead at Wolverton, a weather system had arrived and the entire area was under thick fog and cloud. Here is a typical view of the lower part of the trail:
The fog continued the rest of the day with a light drizzle; here is camp after we got the tents set up:
Although it was a dry winter with low snowfall, there was still some snow on the ground. However, with the thick cloud/fog, we couldn't see anything. Then, just before sunset, the fog cleared for 15 minutes, giving us an opportunity to get some pictures of the basin, including Emerald Lake (still has about 90% ice cover) and Alta Peak:
Then the fog came back, and overnight the drizzle changed to a light snow, so when we got up this morning there was a dusting of fresh snow:
Then, just as it had last night, the fog cleared for about 15 minutes, so I got some more pictures:
After that, we headed back down. Here is a picture of the group, including a young couple that was unfamiliar with the area and didn't want to try to find the way down on a trail that had fresh snow covering it:
One last picture, the outlet of Heather Lake. Yesterday I couldn't see the opposite shore because of the fog, but this morning it had cleared a little.
It was an interesting trip; I am used to brilliant clear skies, but most of this trip was in fog.
The fog continued the rest of the day with a light drizzle; here is camp after we got the tents set up:
Although it was a dry winter with low snowfall, there was still some snow on the ground. However, with the thick cloud/fog, we couldn't see anything. Then, just before sunset, the fog cleared for 15 minutes, giving us an opportunity to get some pictures of the basin, including Emerald Lake (still has about 90% ice cover) and Alta Peak:
Then the fog came back, and overnight the drizzle changed to a light snow, so when we got up this morning there was a dusting of fresh snow:
Then, just as it had last night, the fog cleared for about 15 minutes, so I got some more pictures:
After that, we headed back down. Here is a picture of the group, including a young couple that was unfamiliar with the area and didn't want to try to find the way down on a trail that had fresh snow covering it:
One last picture, the outlet of Heather Lake. Yesterday I couldn't see the opposite shore because of the fog, but this morning it had cleared a little.
It was an interesting trip; I am used to brilliant clear skies, but most of this trip was in fog.
