Heat wave leaves Selkirk Mountains lakes ice-free
HIKING -- What a difference a week makes this time of year in the Idaho Selkirk Mountains.
Last week I reported ice still covering Beehive and Little Harrison lakes at 6,200 feet elevation up the Pack River drainage in the heart of the Selkirks.
Seeing the late opportunity to make some turns on the snow fields above Beehive Lakes, local skier Mike Brede trekked in on Saturday and found a slightly different scene.
There was still enough snow to make a run of 975 vertical feet from twin Peaks down to the upper Beehive Lake (see photo, that's the ice-free upper lake at the bottom of the run).
But the ice was gone from Beehive and Little Harrison lakes.
"And the mosquitoes are out now," Brede confirmed.
See more of his photos on Facebook.
