One thing I very much enjoy is revisiting trails at different points of the year. Lots of cool comparisons to be made.

Same sign, same dog. The amount of snow is also directly proportional to how tired we were when we got to the sign, because it turns out that walking/snowshoeing through snow is much harder than walking on dirt.

The view from the summit of the mountain also changes considerably with the seasons. One of my favorite parts of the pictures above is that they’re all taken at roughly 1:30pm, but the lighting is radically different due to cloud cover/smoke/time of the year. That said, if you’re looking for mountain views, the there’s really only three scenarios around here: crisp and clear, raining, or smoke/fog. It saddens me immensely that smoke is projected to become the norm for much of the summer. That forecast inevitably leads me down a rabbit hole of sadness about climate change and all the people/companies that could’ve made better choices, so I’m gonna derail that train of thought for now. I’m supposed to be on vacation.

All that said, I’m curious to see if the March snowfall in the first picture is typical; this year Western Washington got its heaviest snowfall in nearly a century. I’ll report back next spring…