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    Dave .
    BPL Member

    @ramapo

    Sitting on the shoulder of Little Haystack.

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    Looking from Little Haystack to Haystack.

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    Looking back on Little Haystack from the shoulder of Haystack.

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    On the summit of Haystack.

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    Panther Gorge.

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    Marcy.

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    The Great Range.

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    #1530271
    Dave .
    BPL Member

    @ramapo

    On the summit of Giant.

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    Rocky Peak Ridge.

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    #1530272
    Dave .
    BPL Member

    @ramapo

    Bondcliff.

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    Bond's summit.

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    Dave .
    BPL Member

    @ramapo

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    #1530280
    Dave .
    BPL Member

    @ramapo

    Some stuff from out West.

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    #1530314
    todd
    BPL Member

    @funnymo

    Locale: SE USA

    Dave,

    Your pics are great! You have skillzzzzzz.

    Good stuff.

    #1530318
    Walter Carrington
    BPL Member

    @snowleopard

    Locale: Mass.

    Thanks for all the pics everybody.
    David H.: Haystack is one of my favorite peaks in the northeast (others are Gothics, Basin in ADK and Adams in NH).

    #1530338
    Tony Wong
    BPL Member

    @valshar

    Locale: San Francisco Bay Area

    David,

    Those are some gorgeous photos of the snow capped mountains with the lakes.

    You should seriously consider adding some captions to the photos to give a better idea of what was going on.

    Your photos already clearly convey the story of what was going on.

    Thanks for sharing them.

    -Tony

    #1530386
    Inaki Diaz de Etura
    BPL Member

    @inaki-1

    Locale: Iberia highlands

    > there is a much more abrupt switch from the trees to the meadows, with the meadows covering a huge area.

    hey Ross,

    I remember that very comment from you. We met at refuge de la Leisse on the GR55 last august. I saw your Granite Gear packs and thought you must probably be american. Actually, after I left that day I kept thinking you looked a lot like some BPL member and I even remembered your name :)

    I hope you had a wonderful trip and expect to see those pics.

    (Sorry all for the OT but Ross does not have a PM address)

    #1530401
    Jay Wilkerson
    BPL Member

    @creachen

    Locale: East Bay

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    Mather Pass- 12,100 ft
    Looking at very remote Upper Basin–
    UL Terrorist have some what Highjacked my thread-If you can not beat them–then join them.

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    Tad Englund
    BPL Member

    @bestbuilder

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    Jay- I would say a "below" tree line UL terrorist

    #1530412
    Jay Wilkerson
    BPL Member

    @creachen

    Locale: East Bay

    Your right Tad–I spotted a few trees in those awesome pictures…No buddy is perfect!!

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    Evolution Lake,JMT 10,852 ft

    #1530779
    Ross Bleakney
    BPL Member

    @rossbleakney

    Locale: Cascades

    Are the meadows in the Alps caused by cows and sheep? Could be. I thought of that too. There is no doubt that they contribute to it (we saw plenty of both everywhere). But it is also a "which came first" thing. The cows and sheep were sent to the high lands because there were meadows up there. I think the word "alps" comes from the meadow, not the mountains. It is possible that the meadows might have started small and then grew with livestock, or maybe they were big to begin with (we did see plenty of forest as well, with a very distinctive tree line, which would imply that it was climate, not livestock that contributed to most of the meadows).

    Maybe it is because the summers are warm over there, with many sunny days. If so, then they are like the California Sierras (which also has a big alpine area). Whereas the Cascades (and Canadian Rockies) have very short summers. Maybe the European Alps are like the California Sierras, with the addition of some really high peaks to add to the glaciers.

    Anyway, here are some pics — All of these are in the Vanoise:
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    If people are curious, I have a bunch more pictures on Flickr (and you can see bigger versions of these):
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/rossbl/sets/

    I haven't gotten around to the rest of the Alps, but almost all of our hiking was above treeline.

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    Jay Wilkerson
    BPL Member

    @creachen

    Locale: East Bay

    Ross, That second picture is really nice…Camera technology these days is excellent…

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    Parker Pass looking at Mono Lake

    #1530823
    Jack H.
    Member

    @found

    Locale: Sacramento, CA

    Since the Sierra is well covered, some other places that I've been hiking this year…

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    Israeli friend hiking under Cho Oyu, Nepal

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    Gokyo Valley, largest glacier in the Nepal, the lodges are visible below.

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    Hiking in fresh snow over an 18,000ft+ pass.

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    A seasonal village below the Annapurnas.

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    A very dangerous trail above treeline in Nepal.

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    One from the USA. On top of Sawtooth Pass, Sierra Nevada.

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    . .
    BPL Member

    @biointegra

    Locale: Puget Sound

    I am really enjoying this theme and must complement all of you on the fine pics.


    @Miguel
    – I especially like your style and choice of shots – thanks for sharing!

    To keep around the globe a bit – here are some from the Middle East, near the borders of Iran, Armenia, & Turkey – you can almost catch a glimpse of Northen Iraq as well. All are from a Casio EX-V8 point + shoot in, taken in between 12,000 and 17,000 ft., although I'm not sure where the treeline ends and the desert begins ;)

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    Jack H.
    Member

    @found

    Locale: Sacramento, CA

    Aaron, nice pictures. What country and mountain is that exactly? Dayhike or multiday?

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    . .
    BPL Member

    @biointegra

    Locale: Puget Sound

    @ Jack – Büyük Ağrı Dağı is the mountain. Multi-day (multi-year actually – see http://www.vonbora.org for our archaeological + lingustic work up there) Feel free to PM me with any questions also.

    #1531644
    Jay Wilkerson
    BPL Member

    @creachen

    Locale: East Bay

    Sequoia & Kings Canyon

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    North Palisade-14,242 ft

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    Dusy Basin

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    Frank Deland
    Member

    @rambler

    Locale: On the AT in VA

    Mt. Franklin (5001') Mt Franklin, NH 5001' on the AT

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    Frank Deland
    Member

    @rambler

    Locale: On the AT in VA

    from the Lion's Head Tuckerman's Ravine, Mt . Washington, NH

    cairns "that look like people" mark the Lawn Cut-off to the Davis path Cairns mark the trail across the top of Tuckerman's …"the Lawn"

    Lawn Link On Tuckerman's Lawn…about to find out why the cairns are so close together

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    Frank Deland
    Member

    @rambler

    Locale: On the AT in VA

    Bob and Paul Summit of Mt. Hight with Mt. Washington and the Presidentials in NH White Mts. in the background.

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    Frank Deland
    Member

    @rambler

    Locale: On the AT in VA

    Goodale Pass Well a few feet shy of 11,000 Goodale Pass is almost above and quite barren (just west of Silver Pass on the JMT)climbing to Forester Climbing to Forester Pass, N to S, with clouds filling the valley belowbelow Muir Pass camping between Helen Lake and Muir Pass , JMT Map 5 (shelter is Six Moon Design — Wild Oasis)

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    Frank Deland
    Member

    @rambler

    Locale: On the AT in VA

    Ross on p. 2 asks, "Are the meadows in the Alps caused by cows and sheep?"
    I beliefe they were casued by the glaciers, but…

    From a Sierra Club Guidebook on the Austrian Alps by William E. Reifsnyder

    "In this Upper Zone (timberline), there are extensive pastures, or alms, which are used for grazing cattle and sheep in the summer months. There is considerable evidence that the natural tree line has been lowered about 600 feet because of the heavy grazing."

    To add to your (Ross) comments on climate, from the same source:
    "…because the mountains (Alps) are oriented east-west across Europe, they permit the flow of moist maritime air from the Atlantic Ocean deep into the continent. Thus, the climate is wetter and warmer that might be expected for such latitudes…..The southern slopes of the Alps, though at the latitude of Mont Tremblant in Quebec, have a climate that is much closer to that of southern Sierra Nevada in California…"

    The german word "alpe" and "alm" does translate to high meadow and high mountain meadow.
    "Alpen" translates to alpine.

    #1538949
    Richard Gless
    BPL Member

    @rgless

    Locale: San Francisco Bay Area

    Not quite as high as Jay's but nothing green.

    Just south of Sonora Pass on the PCT.

    PCT south of Sonora Pass

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