A month ago some friends and I hiked Carne Mountain to see the subalpine larches before they dropped their needles. Larches are a deciduous coniferous species of tree, and turn a brilliant yellow in the fall.
Looking into a valley across from the trail
Mountains in the distance
Getting up towards the beginning of the larches
Larch needles
We ate lunch in this little larch-filled meadow
The four of us sitting on a horizontal larch branch
Rebecca glissading down
Tiffany glissading
Darren and Nellie