Icy Falls (Original Photography)

Howdy,

Triple Falls was calling and, with a little free time, I jumped in the Jeep and drove down the scary single-lane gravel road to the access spot. The "new" vehicle made getting around a lot easier than the little rear-wheel-drive truck I had last year.

It was a surprise to see that this much ice had already formed. It doesn't seem like it has been cold long enough, but I suppose a couple weeks of sub-freezing temperatures are all it really takes.

^{Bumpy Water Slide}
It was also a bit chillier than expected, especially with the splashing water flinging droplets everywhere. Fortunately, the path down was ice-free.

^{Is that an ice mouth?}
With the late autumn's iffy weather, several ice-stalagmites had broken off and formed interesting sculptural elements at the base of the falls. I'm not exatly sure how this next one formed, but it looks as if the warmer moving water has carved into a large block of ice.

^{Icy Mouth}
These next two shots show an ice formation where the ice has dammed up the stream that created it. Now, it just hangs there, waiting to fall when the weather warms in about four months.

I hope to revisit the falls on a sunny morning, to catch some sunlight refracting through the icicles, but the forecast doesn't look to be in a cooperative mood. Of course, the meteorologists haven't been very accurate lately, so there's still hope.

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