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kitya Fortune Cookie
Joined: 15 Mar 2010 Posts: 842 | TRs | Pics Location: Duvall, WA |
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Sat Oct 26, 2019 12:03 pm
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It is amazing and sad how little snow there is left. There is barely anything below 5000 ft and after that a lot of places have completely bare ground exposed by recent avalanches. Most rocks are open and slippery and there is not enough snow coverage to use snowshoes, but it was still fun. Snow was very wet too.
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puzzlr Mid Fork Rocks
Joined: 13 Feb 2007 Posts: 7220 | TRs | Pics Location: Stuck in the middle |
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Sat Oct 26, 2019 12:39 pm
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You really covered the area well. Love the Pika shots -- hard to get close enough for those most of the time.
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kitya Fortune Cookie
Joined: 15 Mar 2010 Posts: 842 | TRs | Pics Location: Duvall, WA |
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Sat Oct 26, 2019 1:01 pm
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I carry around Tamron 18-400mm lens on a crop sensor. This translates to 620mm on a full frame at the narrow end. This means every pika I take photo of is about 22 times closer than in real life Sure, there are many disadvantages to such a lens - it is not as sharp as it could be and also quite heavy, but I really think this lens is great for taking some pika shots without bothering them by coming too close. Also pika are funny because they now seem fatter for winter
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Downhill Member
Joined: 30 Jul 2018 Posts: 340 | TRs | Pics Location: Leavenworth |
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Sun Oct 27, 2019 2:23 pm
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Kitya
Another great outing, you covered a lot of ground - as you often do! Thanks for sharing all your excellent photos.
You mentioned "Chair Peak Lake". I'm not familiar with that one. Which lake are you referring to with that name?
Thanks again for your TR!
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Bootpathguy Member
Joined: 18 Jun 2015 Posts: 1788 | TRs | Pics Location: United States |
Experience is what'cha get, when you get what'cha don't want
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kitya Fortune Cookie
Joined: 15 Mar 2010 Posts: 842 | TRs | Pics Location: Duvall, WA |
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Sun Oct 27, 2019 8:41 pm
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Downhill wrote: | You mentioned "Chair Peak Lake". I'm not familiar with that one. Which lake are you referring to with that name? |
I don't know if this is an official name, but the map from switchbacks.com uses this name for a little cool lake at these coordinates - N47.46594 W121.47429. It is between Kaleetan peak and Chair Peak, just below Melakwa pass. It is a nice lake, but very rocky - there is no vegetation around it i could see, just rocks
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Downhill Member
Joined: 30 Jul 2018 Posts: 340 | TRs | Pics Location: Leavenworth |
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Sun Oct 27, 2019 9:07 pm
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Very cool. Thank you for the details!
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puzzlr Mid Fork Rocks
Joined: 13 Feb 2007 Posts: 7220 | TRs | Pics Location: Stuck in the middle |
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Mon Oct 28, 2019 1:58 pm
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kitya wrote: | I don't know if this is an official name |
It's official - GNIS entry
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