It was the weirdest weather today, almost mystical in quality, the mountain was covered in fog but as we climbed higher, the sun was visible through the clouds but not quite strong enough to break through. We took advantage of the fact that this is the best visibility we've had for days and went to explore the newly opened Falcon Chair, the highest on the mountain at 7,606 feet. This chair doesn't usually open until February as it need loads of snow to cover the rocks up there, but we've had nearly 10 feet of snow already, almost half of the annual snow fall in the last 3 weeks, hence the foggy days!
Lucy and I were at the bottom of this run last Friday, waiting at the chair lift, when there was a loud whumph sound and an 80 foot tree had landed 6 feet from where we were standing. What was really frightening was that until it landed I heard nothing, no creaks or shouts, there was no warning at all. It was also the day the world was supposed to end...it nearly did for us!!
There are trees coming down all over the mountain, the massive snow falls are weighing them down and they can't take the strain. Also, the snow came so quickly, the roots didn't have a chance to freeze into the ground. It's going to be a continuous hazard..a bit scary, but lets hope lightening doesn't strike the same place twice!
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