Summer is here, and it is warm on the mountain (still cooler than in town). We’ve had sightings of a young bear walking the mountain nearby. I was able to get a few pictures but it took off like lightning when it finally saw me. We first noticed it on the 20th of June. It appears to be a young black bear, maybe around 100 pounds or so.
Spring is definitely here on Glass Mountain. The Trillium have been pushing through the leaves for about a week. The blood root with white flowers are also in bloom, as are the first of the wild violets. Here is a shot of the Trillium with it’s fragrant flowers:
It is a cold winter on Glassy Mountain. We decided to hike up to a nearby waterfall to see how the many days of teen temperatures had affected the streams. There were some great ice formations on the waterfall. It is hard to see the scale of the ice, so my wife included me in one of the pictures. It was beautiful out, and our cat even hiked the mile or so up there with us!
This picture shows me under the ice to give an idea of scale:
And a final picture showing our curious cat going behind the ice:
