February Was A Spectacular Month At Truchas Ridge

A tremendous sunset view from Echo Point.

I was going through images from this past winter and I was struck by how great the conditions were out at Truchas Ridge during February. Most of the month saw a lull in the stormy winter we had had, leaving skies filled with turbulent clouds and vivid colors rather than the massive storms that had sailed through the region. Add to that layers of snow both on the mountains and the northern aspects of the Shasta Valley’s entwined folds as well as pools of water adding reflected colors and it was a magical season out at the Ridge.

Conditions at the Ridge are radically different now. A significant trauma hit the area in April but the winter has paid its dividends, as the grass is now waist high. I have never seen it like that and it is shocking it can get that tall in the desert. The steady stream of thunderstorms we have had hasn’t helping either. I might need to hire some goats to shorten the grass.