Category Archives: mountains

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Top of the Mountain

Well, not quite the top of Mount Mansfield, Vermont’s highest peak, but almost. Above some of the clouds, anyway!

Also posted in black & white, Mt. Mansfield Tagged |
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Late Colors, Early Snow

A twofer: First snow and the dreaded fall foliage shot, all in one, Stowe, VT. The fall colors came weeks late this year, to mix with some early snow over this past weekend. Above, snow squall blows in over the valley. Below, Smugglers Notch and Trapp Hill Road.   

Also posted in fall foliage, Snow, Vermont
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Black and Blue

Mountains above the North Santiam River, late afternoon light, Cascades, western Oregon.

Also posted in Oregon, silhouette
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Snow # 1, 2014-15 Season

Mt. Mansfield’s Toll Road today, somewhere above 3,000 feet. It didn’t snow much, but it’s still the first Vermont snow of the season as far as I’m concerned. More to come.

Also posted in Snow, Vermont
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Green Again

Spring always creeps slowly into the winter-brown Vermont hills and then explodes. This, the other foliage season, a riot of green, seems to arrive in the space of three days. And in the space of two weeks we go from skiing (bottom photo, Mt. Mansfield on April 22nd), to plowing (top, East Montpelier), to bicycling, paddling and mowing the lawn. Summer’s so short it’s a […]

Also posted in farming, kayaking, mountain biking, rivers, roads, Skiing, Snow, Spring, Vermont, water
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Stick Season, High & Low

When the fall leaves hit the ground, it’s Stick Season. The reason for the name is obvious but the attractions of this sixth Vermont season aren’t. It can mean raw, gray days with rain and sleet. But it can also be beautiful, as it has been for the past two days, with temperatures in the 60s. At its best, the lowering sun streams through the leafless woods […]

Also posted in exercise, kayaking, Stick Season, Travel, Vermont, water