Paulina Lake Day Trip

We took a drive up to Newberry Crater.

At the overlook, we saw the next storm moving in to the Cascades mountains,

but could see Mt. Bachelor.

Snow at the lookout.

Paulina Lake and Paulina Peak Lookout

It was amazing to see how much snow and ice was still in and around the lake.

The road was only open to Paulina Lake at the closest point -
where the stream and Paulina Lake connect.

It was quite beautiful to see the lake with the snow and ice still in it.

The Santiam Pass - Hwy 20/126 - December 13, 2009

Snow Park at the top of the Santiam Pass - this family was having a great time!

The snow was packed, and the blue skies were beautiful.

This is part of the area of the B & B Complex Fires which burned 90,769 acres in the Santiam Pass area
between August 19 and September 26 of 2003.
Photos and specifics of this inferno can be found at this link:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/centraloregon/fires/2003/b-b/index.shtml
You can see the standing dead trees in many of these pictures.

The roads were packed snow and ice, so it was a slower journey than usual.