"Before and After"/Then and Now pics ?

[Chip]

Anyone interested in some side be side pic comparisons of the same place in different seasons ? This may have been done. I'll post a couple this afternoon. I'll delete this post if it's been done recently.

 

[Chip]

okay, here's mine, roughly the same position:

September, 2010:

and this morning:

 

[daLunartik]

On March 7th, 2010 I hiked with a group from a different Forum, where we traversed the Blackhead Range in the Catskills a couple of weeks after the record snowfalls that February. Three months later, I repeated most of that hike and took a few photo's of notable "landmarks" for comparison to the March hike. I put together the following set of photo's to illustrate the snow depths. While snow depths and photo's like these may be common to the Adirondacks & White's, they are unusual in the Catskills.

The Batavia Kill Lean-To:



Trail next to Batavia Kill Lean-To:



3500' Marker on East face of Blackhead (3940')


Snow depth's increased rapidly after the 3500' marker, I just don't have any photo's to illustrate that.

 

[Chip]

Those are great shots. My early age exposure to the Adirondacks was always in winter and it took me some time to figure out why the trail markers were always so close to "the ground".

 

[Billy]

Pierce viewed from below Eisenhower summit

Crystal Cascades

View from Artists Bluff, part 1

View from Artists Bluff, part 2

 

[Chip]

Wow, very nice ! Autumn Artist's Bluff shots should be NH Tourism material !

 

[Billy]

This isn't so much a "same place / different season".........it's more of a "same place / different planet"

Looking west from the Bondcliff lookout

 

[Paradox]

Baker River Valley at different times of the day and year.


Above is this morning (2/4/11) about 8:00am. The smoke plume center right is the Plymouth State University physical plant, Smarts Mountain is behind it 20 miles in the distance.


Above is this morning about 11:00am.


Above was taken in 5/22 at 7 am. These shots were collected over the course of 5 1/2 years. The white rectangle center right is the PSU dorm under construction 5 years ago and covered with a white plastic wrap. This dorm is directly behind the physical plant mentioned above.



Above was taken in 9/10 3 pm.


Above was taken in 10/13 4:30 pm.


Above was taken in 11/22, 4:40 pm.

 

[DSettahr]

Thanks for starting this thread! I've had this idea myself for a while now, but now after seeing all these pictures (and knowing that people are actually interested in something like this) I've finally gotten the urge to go through my photos and pick out some of my comparison shots.

All of my images are from the Adirondacks, unless otherwise specified.

Ward Brook Lean-to, October 2005

Ward Brook Lean-to, November 2010
The lean-to has been repaired, and raised up off the ground. The sign on top is a new one.

Ward Brook Lean-to, December 2010

Summit marker on Seymour Mountain, October 2005

Summit marker on Seymour Mountain, December 2010
The wooden sign is in the same spot, but the plastic disc has moved down a few inches on the tree. It looks like it's a new plastic disc, the lettering is different.

Duck Hole Dam, October 2005

Duck Hole Dam, January 2006

Duck Hole Dam, November 2010
The dam still seems to be in more or less the same condition as it was 5 years before. One log is missing from the center pillar. I really like how you can see how the trees have grown since 2005.

Duck Hole Dam, October 2005

Duck Hole Dam, January 2006

Duck Hole Dam, November 2010
Again, not too much seems to have changed since 2005. Some deterioration on the center pillar.

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More coming!

 

[ColdRiverRun]

If you look at the Seymour sign one you can see the nails from the previous yellow disc spot. The lettering style wise is the same, same person did it too, but the newer one starts at the edge of the disc. I like how the words are worn of the wooden sign.

 

[DSettahr]

Part 2:

Duck Hole, October 2005

Duck Hole, January 2006

Duck Hole, November 2010
It looks like a couple of the larger trees on the shore on the left side of the picture have fallen over.

Cold River, November 2010

Cold River, 3 days later
It had rained non-stop for about 24 hours, and all of the snow that was present melted, resulting in pretty high water levels.

Lower Ausable Lake, viewed from Mt Colvin, July 2006

Lower Ausable Lake, viewed from Mt Colvin, January 2011

Great Range, viewed from Mt Colvin, July 2006

Great Range, viewed from Mt Colvin, January 2011

Summit of Gothics, August 2006

Summit of Gothics, January 2011

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[DSettahr]

Part 3:

Mt Adams Fire Tower Observer's Cabin, April 2006

Mt Adams Fire Tower Observer's Cabin, January 2011
You can see that the cabin has been repaired.

Summit marker on Street Mountain, August 2006

Summit marker on Street Mountain, January 2011
Again, as with the Seymour marker, it looks like the plastic marker here has been replaced.

View of the Great Range from Noonmark, September 2006

View of the Great Range from Noonmark, December 2010

Waterfall on Allen Brook, along the herd path to Allen Mountain, September 2006

Waterfall on Allen Brook, along the herd path to Allen Mountain, January 2011

Summit of Allen Mountain, September 2006
My friend Teresa will kill me if she finds out I posted this photo. And yes, she's hiking with a cast on her arm (ax accident).

Summit of Allen Mountain, January 2011
At first, I thought the sign had moved down on the tree, then I realized that it was just that the snow is a few feet deep.

View of Burnt Knob from Acra Point (Catskills), May 2008

View of Burnt Knob from Acra Point (Catskills), November 2010

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[DSettahr]

Part 4:

Blackhead Range from Acra Point (Catskills), May 2008

Blackhead Range from Acra Point (Catskills), November 2010

Giants Washbowl, August 2006

Giants Washbowl, February 2008

Clear Pond (Pharaoh Lake WA), June 2009

Clear Pond (Pharaoh Lake WA), October 2009

Glasby Pond (Five Ponds WA), October 2009

Glasby Pond (Five Ponds WA), October 2010

High Falls, October 2009

High Falls, October 2010

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Somewhere, I found online a picture from the early 90's that showed what High Falls looked like before the microburst. I looked for it again, but couldn't find it... the difference was like night and day, the falls looked like they were permanently in shadow from the pines towering overhead.

 

[Chip]

 

[Billy]

snow cave on January 29th...

snow cave on March 6th...

 

[Chip]

Amazing. 5 feet of snow on the ground a month ago. At least you found a dime .

 

[Elizabeth]

Sugarhouse in morning mist by Elizabeth W.K., on Flickr
July 23


Sugarhouse in winter snow by Elizabeth W.K., on Flickr
January 19


Sugarhouse in full boil by Elizabeth W.K., on Flickr
March 7


Sugarhouse in Morning Light with Blackberry Blossoms by Elizabeth W.K., on Flickr
June 2