August Snow

[Photo-John]

Yeah, you read that right. And no, I'm not in New Zealand or Chile. It snowed this morning in the mountains above Salt Lake City. I think there was snow on the ground down to about 8000 feet (2400m). Naturally, I had to make a quick drive up the canyon to get some photos. I was a little late and most of the snow had melted by the time I got up there. But there was still some on the ground as well as periodic fluries.

The first photo is 11,000 foot Mt. Baldy with a little dusting of snow left.

The second photo is looking north, across Little Cottonwood Canyon, with just a little bit of snow coming down

The third photo is looking over the north shoulder of East Greeley at 11,100 foot Mt. Superior, across the canyon from Alta and Snowbird.

[Dylan8i]

yeah we drove through some snow that was starting to stick in yellowstone this morning at about 8000. predicted to get up to 1/2 inch tonight and 1/2 tomorrow in parts of the park.

[Photo-John]

Even though there's a definite feeling of fall in the air and there was some snow up in the mountains, summer's not quite over yet. And there are still plenty of flowers holding on up at Albion Meadows.

[Photo-John]

I'm not really sure what kind of temperatures these guys like, but I have a feeling they were enjoying the cooler weather and dwindeling number of tourists.

It's funny, I hadn't seen any moose this summer and then in two days I saw four! We encountered one on the trail in Park City, yesterday when we were mountain biking. And these were two of three I saw up at Alta today.

[Wolfy]

MOOOOOOOOOOOSEEE!

Nice photos!

-M

[photo-mom]

liquid gold in them thar hills . . . yo mama (kinda glad to see it come - they were forecasting snow around Tahoe the other day - dunno whether they got any . . . )

[GB1]

Even though there's a definite feeling of fall in the air and there was some snow up in the mountains, summer's not quite over yet. And there are still plenty of flowers holding on up at Albion Meadows.

It's wild to see snow and flowers together!

[Photo-John]

It's wild to see snow and flowers together!

It is! So whenever I think I might have the opportunity to juxtapose two seasons in one photo, I'm all over it!

[hminx]

Snow in august....Meeh........

Do those Moose get dangerous as the cold weather approaches, ( mating season ) ?

[GB1]

Snow in august....Meeh........

Do those Moose get dangerous as the cold weather approaches, ( mating season ) ?

I thought moose were friendly?

[Photo-John]

Moose are supposed to be the most dangerous large animals in North America. Supposedly they kill more people than bears or mountain lions. They definitely make me nervous. I didn't get very close to those guys at all.