Lately, after work I have been taking the dogs up pyramid for a run. It's getting pretty green at the parking lot, but still great skiing on the mountain all the way down to 1100 feet (the parking lot is at 530 feet).
The cold winter killed off the salmonberries in town and I had been thinking we'd have no berries this year. But I have noticed that on Pyramid where the snow was deep it insulated the salmonberry stalks and they survived the winter. They are flowering like crazy and while it might be slim pickings for berries in town this summer - it ought to be good berry picking on the mountains above town. This is actually very good news for the bears who rely on the berries for food. The last time in 1999 when the berry crop failed (cold and no snow that year) the bears were a real problem about town. Hungry and looking for food! Not good when it is bears doing the looking.
The dogs love climbing Pyramid and get quite excited when it is time to go down. They pounce on the opportunity to go fast down the mountain. This is probably the only time their master (on skiis) can actually go faster than them. I try to go easy and slow so that they don't hurt their knees. But they just want to rip! Patrick
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