Wintertime Wolf Creek! (Keith Hammer photos)
Six Swan Rangers defied sub-zero forecasts and skied up Wolf Creek on a balmy Saturday, December 17, 2016!
With Winter Solstice next week, "balmy" means anything above zero degrees Fahrenheit!
Pausing at the high point . . .
. . . of the old road running from Bear Creek to Wolf Creek.
Ripples and frost on a spring near Bear Creek!
Mountain maple seeds are still falling and dispersing on the snow, along with alder and mountain spray!
Hey bud, is it Spring yet?
Frost traces the growth rings on this sawn log!
Windy Point, across Wolf Creek Canyon in the vicinity of the Echo-Broken Leg Trail.
Rudy's ever-optimistic temperatures!
The Swan Rangers meet every Saturday at the Echo Lake Cafe for breakfast at 8:30, leaving at 9:30 for a partial day outing in the northern Swan Mountains and foothills.
They carpool from the Swan River School parking lot next to the Cafe.
Everyone is welcome!