Close up of the same 12", today it quit snowing and even got to 30 last night , it's now 42 I'm staying off the snow so it doesn't turn to slush 

That is 12" of snow on top of the ranger, no big deal right, it happened is 7 hours  

What do you not see? That is a house at the edge of the property and close to the trail to Buck Creek 

Not Even Close

Well for those that have been wanting snow or complaining about not enough hasn't been out past Fish Lake towards Trinity lately. It started Sunday night and by 8am Monday we had over 18" of fresh powder and got another 4-6" before 3pm when I went to Leavenworth and found rain there, it continued to rain most of Tues there but at Trinity along with some rain because of the slush still had 12" of new powder when I got home. Just getting home was an experience in itself very deep slush and snow with many mini or small snow slides in several places from about 10 miles north of Fish Lake. Some places had almost 3' of additional snow on the road making it more difficult to get past and it has been snowing steady and heavy most of the day, the landscape here has totally changed and is so beautiful and peaceful. To have so may people around here claiming to be looking for powder to run their sleds in no one has been out to where it is since Sat. whenthere wasn't any but since Sunday no one has ventured out past the Chikamin area except for a couple of sleds but they still only went about another 3-4 miles up the road and turned back. With this amount of snow in such a short time we have almost tripled what we got all last year for snow including the late March snow, I had to raise the gate over 3' just so that I can get in and out without having to dig just to open the gate which I had to do to leave Mon and to get in yesterday evening not how I wanted to end a 3 hour journey. Things you do to live in Paradise, hope you find yours. Namaste

Phelps Creek from the auto bridge. 

Raised the gate over 3' just so I could continue to get out after having to dig out 18" on Monday so that I could go to Leavenworth and yet had to dig out another 1' last night just to get back in. 

The powerhouse is starting to disappear because of the snow. 

The guest cabin is almost invisable because of the snow except for the chimney. 

7.5' of snow according to the gauge and that is packed snow. Almost twice what we had all last year. 

It's Coming

It's coming, the Cascade Quest Sled Dog Race will be making a stop at Trinity the last weekend of Jan as long as the snow stays around, last years was canceled because there just wasn't enough snow. They will have 2 classes running out here 6 dog and 12 dog teams. Some of the 12 dog teams will be trying to qualify for the Ididarod in Alaska. There have been many more teams out practicing on the road by Fish Lake most having to dodge snowmobiles and riders that don't pay attention and like to tear up the road. It makes it much harder for the dogs and sleds but they are determined to get all the practice in that they can. It will change the face of Trinity for that weekend, should get my woofer's curosity up for sure. One more thing that make it Paradise here, hope you find yours. Namaste

Chiwawa Mtn camo'd by the clouds but on fire almost 

Massie and Chiwawa in background while the front is coming over the mountains 

Part of the front coming over Massie Mtn How quick it can change 

Buck Mtn with early morning sunlight on it few clouds still hanging around

This is what we saw this morning in paradise