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Saturday, December 21, 2019

Snowshoeing Out Of Tamarack Snow Park December 2019



Dale Matson

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Our Modest Out And Back Route

For previous stories about skiing out of Tamarack see here: https://midsierramusing.blogspot.com/2018/12/tamarack-ski-with-sharon-and-duke.html
We had a big dump of snow a couple of weeks ago and since there had been considerable thawing and freezing, Sharon and I figured we would be better off with snowshoes. We don’t do well with “icy”.
Tamarack snow park is the highest one of several snow parks along highway 168 and is about 7,600’ at the parking area. Just a reminder that it is about $5.00 for a snow park pass for the day in Shaver Lake and $25.00 for a year pass.
We took our Airedale with us and he wanted to go with Mather and Bill who were skiing the Raven Trail to the Shaver Overlook with some others. This is a Nordic Trail only. Bill finally brought Duke back to us on this leash that was trailing behind him. Bill is from Fresno also.
We just wanted to get our “sea legs” on our first snowshoe of the year. The trail was firmly packed by snowmobiles and we did a 2-mile round trip from my truck with a snack at the turnaround. There is some snow coming in tonight and we could get some fresh powder to ski on by next week. Let’s hope we get a good snowpack again this year.

















  



Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Millerton Lake December 2019



Dale Matson

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Juvenile Bald Eagle

         Well things are changing at Millerton Lake. The lake is still being drawn down and is a shadow of its former self. The Coots have returned from wherever they go and the eagles are beginning to return. I have spotted two juvenile eagles so far but no adults. They are in their usual spots. Today was a deep fog day and up by the dam, the fog was intermittent. I have some shots from this week to share, both landscape and wildlife.
         I took the photos with the Sony A9 and the Sony 200-600mm lens.

 Red Tailed Hawk



 Police Boats