Ice along the trail
We’ve had some snow. But before the snow, there was ice. The trail we walked last week will be very treacherous now, with invisible ice under the snow. I’m glad we were able to do it last week.
Some of the many forms taken by water turned to ice:
Water seeps out of the ground and covers the rocks with an icy pad.
Water seeps out above this natural wall and cascades over, making a series of ice flows.
The brook had several beautiful ice formations. This one looks like a drawing.
The waves come in and splash up on the rocks, then freeze.
This ice coating looked interesting close up.
Wow. It is beautiful, but scary to me because of the high chance of slipping and falling and ???
Glad you got to go when you did.
Most of the people I know here are properly scared of ice and wear grippers most of the winter.
I think we’ve had snow twice in the 15 years we’ve been in Texas … but we do have frostweed, which makes a lovely sight when a good hard freeze occurs … here’s more about it from the Wildflower Center’s plant database: https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=VEVI3
That’s fascinating, Liz. I’ve never heard of plants exuding water from their stems! There were a few links on other ice phenomena which I’ll read later.
Cool Liz. In NV we got “pogonip”. It was pretty, but two weeks straight, blanketing the whole valley, while home with 2 young children under the age of 3…well, it was a lot. My ex was working up to Tahoe, where it was crisp and clear and bright blue skies…I was home with children, packing for our move back to L.A.
https://aroundcarson.com/2008/01/14/fog_and_pogonip/