North Cascades by junge1
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Tara and I were on our way back across the Northern Cascades on highway 20. I commented on 'all that snow' and she explained to me that this snow was the remains of an avalanche. She pointed out the tree and rock debris.
We were about 3 to 4 miles east of the summit of Washington Pass (5,477-ft). As we came closer and the highway zigzagged up, we could see other remains of avalanches that had crossed the meandering roadway. As we got near the summit we found out that an avalanche had just come down within the last 15 minutes or so and blocked the roadway. Initial estimate for clearing the road was 8 hours. I had taken the posted picture at 17:27.
We were forced to turn around and go further south across Stevens Pass, because I was concerned about making it back on time and don't miss the ship the next day.
This also was a great drive, especially driving through Leavenworth, where everything except the name was German, or so it seemed.
This picture was taken on 23 May 2009.
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Comments (31)
Faemike55
Wonderful shot! I'm glad you had a great time!
NoelCan
Great shot..
PIERRE25
Jolie prise de vue!
jeroni
Excellent shot, fantastic colors and details!
kgb224
Wonderful capture my friend.
tofi
I just saw the movie "Descent Proposal" and it contains the storyline of a man who went to third world mountains to climb; when an avalanche strikes and chaos prevails for his family...I don't want to say anymore if anyone hasn't seen this yet... though I must say, we never got to view the scenery of the occurrence, and this image seems to create for me and complete the most sublime vision I had in my mind,but wasn't able to view visually... what a thrill of nature; albeit dangerous... but so exquisitely beautiful and captivating. What an amazing perspective your capture displays...larger than life, indeed! Fantastic artwork!
bmac62
Great scenery Sig. You both had quite an adventure. Beautiful country. Bill, from the first Leavenworth :-))) I've seen a batch of postcards from Leavenworth, Washington...it almost took you back for a visit didn't it?
flavia49
wonderful capture!!!
flaviok
Outra captura magnifica meu amigo, aplausos (5)
Dreamingbee
oooh ... cold view ;) .. fantastic shot - wonderful
Cosme..D..Churruca
colossal scenery here. superb!
flora-crassella
wunderschöne Berglandschaft! Super Foto!!!!
carlx
Excellent capture!!!
emmecielle
Beautiful photo! :)
shadownet
Beautiful
drifterlee
Beautiful shot!
ysvry
great foto
costapanos
Excellent shot!
duncanoooo
Beautiful car!
sandra46
amazing landscape, very Alpine in its own way!
danapommet
WOW!!! The remains of an avalanche are stacked up on both sides. You did the right thing going the other way. Really like the way the light is working. Dana
Sylvia
Truly ~Impressive~ Thanks for sharing... FABULOUS!!!
Minda
really great capture sig!!
auntietk
That was quite an adventure! I'm glad you got this shot - it clearly shows how much debris is in a slide like that, and it's easy to imagine how dangerous it would be to get caught in the path of even a small avalanche. Full view is like being there - nicely done!
lucindawind
fantastic landscape! beautiful shot
bebert
very nice land. With this hot season , that's good to see that :)
npauling
A beautiful capture even though it looks very cold there.
Richardphotos
I did not realize you kept your hot rod BMW. when I seen you in your Toyota, I just imagined you sold it.excellent scene and capture.not a place to be during an avalanche
e-brink
Nice shot. I like the cropping to a wide format.
dbrv6
Great capture and interesting details about the avalanche.