"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. ... There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature — the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter."
—Rachel Carson
Arrived at the first lookout area....WOW!!! Incredible views all around, lush green forest mixed with snow and ice. This area is absolutely stunning.
The trail forked to the left down some really steep, icey terrain with nothing to hold onto except for loose trees. We knew that the volcanic spires lie ahead due to the steep descent. Risk #climbing down or head back and try another way?
We decided to risk it, which turned out to be a dead end. The only way to go further was through a dark cave which was extremely steep and slippery. to the right, however, was our first glimpse of the spires! we took a few shots and headed back up top to see if there was a better viewpoint...
The second viewpoint area had some staggering views of the spires, some of them are really massive! We took a short break, had some lunch and continued along the path which parallels the edge of the cliff line.
Many more viewpoints along the way... one of the nearby Mount Baldy. The range of colors in the trees was incredible, such vivid greens due to many of the trees being covered in moss. We continued along the trail, soaking in the incredible scenery and taking some more photos. By the time we hiked for about another 45 minutes we decided to head back to the vehicle and call it a day. by this time we had been hiking for quite a few hours and the wind was starting to pick up. The return trail ended up taking us back to a logging road. Luckily I had our vehicles location bookmarked in GPS so we jogged back along the road until we found it, which was probably another half an hour or so. A good workout! Next time i'd like to come up here when the descending trail into the spires is accessible. It proved challenging to get good angles for more photos of the spires. Oh well, a good excuse to return to this stellar area and explore more of the lower shelf!
Thank you for taking the time to come with us on our Journey to Rimrocks! We hope you enjoyed sharing in our experience, it was amazing from start to finish! Until next time #steemit community!!! #steem on!!!
There is nothing beautiful than nature and your capture is just perfect. Waiting for more to come.
I love hiking, thank you for sharing @silasdavid. It reminds me Ireland.
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This place looks really beautiful and exciting. Thanks for sharing this with us :)
this place looks insane! thank you for sharing it with us :) followed you!
Yes it was really epic! Can’t wait to go back and check out more, it’s quite a large area... thanks for checking out our post! Followed you too
Amazing place ! i love the weather of Canada , you are lucky living their. and snow , sunshine and forest all places are amazing ..
Great post there, keep up good work !
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A beautiful post, nature in winter adds just that extra in beauty. Where the sounds already a little muffled because of the snow?
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Yes! It was so quiet up at the top! The breeze was a little chilly but man it was breathtaking!! Yes! THANK YOU! To @curie! Thank you to everyone who’s been taking the time to check out our stuff!! We’d truly love to do this as our job!! It’d be livin the steem dream! Haha. Since we’ve joined the steemit community we’ve noticed even more, that life is such an amazing adventure! Seeing how it affects others is such a wonderful reminder of how beautiful life really is!! ☺️❤️❄️🌲⛰ Thank you @climbingtrail!!
YES! This place was absolutely amazing!! I can't wait till we go back!! Might need snowshoes now though with all the snow we just got!! :) <3 @originalworks
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