{"id":561,"date":"2009-03-13T21:43:59","date_gmt":"2009-03-13T16:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wapiti-waters.com\/blog\/?p=561"},"modified":"2009-03-13T21:43:59","modified_gmt":"2009-03-13T16:43:59","slug":"our-last-snow-hoorah-for-wapiti-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wapiti-waters.com\/blog\/our-last-snow-hoorah-for-wapiti-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Last Snow Hoorah for Wapiti Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_twjVsg9p-90\/SbqF4vIG1uI\/AAAAAAAALB0\/MIZJTbcCqvQ\/s1600-h\/IMGP1242.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[561]\" target=\"_blank\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312705920206558946\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px\" alt=\"Sundog on Gash Creek\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_twjVsg9p-90\/SbqF4vIG1uI\/AAAAAAAALB0\/MIZJTbcCqvQ\/s400\/IMGP1242.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The last 8 days or so we have had a snowy cold spell that provided us some backcountry\/crosscountry skiing. This weather also gave us a boost in moisture stored high in the mountains waiting for spring run-off. <br \/> <\/br><br \/>\nNext week, the weather is predicted to warm up to near 50 degrees. That is nice, not TOO warm. We are planning to scout the river and we have a few fishing dates on the calendar, too. The end of March and April are booking up nicely. We will be posting blogs to show you how the fishing shapes up.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_twjVsg9p-90\/SbqII6aF0OI\/AAAAAAAALB8\/CGnGfMja3JY\/s1600-h\/IMGP1265.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[561]\" target=\"_blank\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312708397135941858\" style=\"FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px\" alt=\"Virgin snow a ski loop near Bear Creek\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_twjVsg9p-90\/SbqII6aF0OI\/AAAAAAAALB8\/CGnGfMja3JY\/s400\/IMGP1265.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn honor of old man winter, here are some photos of our last ski days. We hiked\/climbed to get to the snow, but it was worth it! Soon, we will be sitting in the boat and there won&#8217;t be as much time for cardio-fitness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_twjVsg9p-90\/SbqIuuS3nvI\/AAAAAAAALCE\/KwW07zUEkng\/s1600-h\/IMG_8333.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[561]\" target=\"_blank\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312709046719454962\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px\" alt=\"You have to eat when you ski\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_twjVsg9p-90\/SbqIuuS3nvI\/AAAAAAAALCE\/KwW07zUEkng\/s200\/IMG_8333.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> Some days we used touring ski&#8217;s other days we used backcountry gear. We are fortunate to live in the Bitterroots. Great outdoor fun all year long.<br \/> <\/br><br \/>\nYesterday was cold, about 17 to 20 degrees, but the sun was brilliant. That might have been our last mountain snow day.<\/p>\n<div style=\"FONT-SIZE: 13px; WIDTH: 400px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif\">\n<div><embed pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" src=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/s\/c\/bin\/slideshow.swf\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" flashvars=\"host=picasaweb.google.com&amp;captions=1&amp;RGB=0x000000&amp;feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fmerles.photos%2Falbumid%2F5312442477243568193%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss\"><\/embed><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"FLOAT: left\"><a style=\"COLOR: #3964c2\" href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/merles.photos\/BearCreekOverlookSkiMarch12\" target=\"_blank\">View Album<\/a><\/span> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last 8 days or so we have had a snowy cold spell that provided us some backcountry\/crosscountry skiing. This weather also gave us a boost in moisture stored high in the mountains waiting for spring run-off. Next week, the weather is predicted to warm up to near 50 degrees. That is nice, not TOO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[173,167],"tags":[155,8,6,95,10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wapiti-waters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wapiti-waters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wapiti-waters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wapiti-waters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wapiti-waters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.wapiti-waters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":562,"href":"http:\/\/www.wapiti-waters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions\/562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wapiti-waters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wapiti-waters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wapiti-waters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}