Frozen Forest, NC
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:09 pm
Since it almost never snows around Charlotte anymore, I try to get up to the mountains when I can to see some actual winter weather. My wife and I drove up to Carver's Gap on the TN/NC border so that we could hike around the Roan Highlands. I didn't see any particular trees of note, but I did see a whole lot of actual snow, ice, and rime ice. The forest was transformed. They'd had well over a foot of snow, it was very cold (in the teens while we were there), with powerful gusting winds. It was great to actually experience winter again, if only for the day.

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Rime ice really changes the spruce trees!

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The snow was deepest in Carver's Gap where the wind had not blown any of it away.

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Carole was going to hike with me through the forest in Carver's Gap, but the snow was too deep for her.

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Little rimed tree on the summit of Round Bald.

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Rime ice really changes the spruce trees!

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The snow was deepest in Carver's Gap where the wind had not blown any of it away.

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Carole was going to hike with me through the forest in Carver's Gap, but the snow was too deep for her.

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Little rimed tree on the summit of Round Bald.