I spent the weekend at Snoqualmie pass. Winter has certainly not yet relinquished its grip on the Cascade Crest. Here's some of the sights done AlpineInker style.
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Here's a car that someone left parked for the winter. That probably wasn't a good idea. It's been crushed like an empty can of cheap beer. When this much snow piles up, it pancakes down - hard as concrete and twice as heavy.
Despite what these pictures suggest, quite a bit of the snow has melted. I could not see any daylight at all out my shattered kitchen window the last time I was there. The bottom of that window is about 15 feet above grade level. We lost a window on the north side of the house too. First time that ever happened...
It's been a rough winter in the Alpental valley.
Winter 2007-2008
Date of First Measurable snowfall 10/19/07
October snowfall 2
November snowfall 24
December snowfall 180
January snowfall 149
February snowfall 90
March snowfall 101
April snowfall 61
May snowfall 1
Total 608
That's 50 FEET of snow kiddos!
Even the highway web-cams have suffered! "I fought an avalanche and the avalanche won. This camera was so badly damaged we can't repair it until this summer."
Mother's day was no exception. More snow.
Here's my wife taking the twins for a walk. Today they learned a new word: Snow!
Here's a car that someone left parked for the winter. That probably wasn't a good idea. It's been crushed like an empty can of cheap beer. When this much snow piles up, it pancakes down - hard as concrete and twice as heavy.
Rule #1: No parking. Rule #2: NO PARKING!
This is, or rather was, my kitchen window...
...But there's no place I'd rather be.
