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Spring Runoff Along Squaw Creek

·Nevada County, California·#hiking#tahoe#spring#hiking with dogs#sierra nevada
Snow-capped mountains tower over a valley filled with green trees and scrub, under a clear blue sky with light streaks.

Took the dog out to walk Squaw Creek and see the spring runoff. The crest is still holding a lot of snow, so the water should keep coming for a while yet — the creek was up over the grass in places, and the wider channel downstream was moving fast enough to break white over the rocks.

We followed the trail through the sagebrush along the drainage, past a stretch where the creek slows into a pond, still and full of reflections, before it picks up again below. The meadow along the banks is greening up faster than the hillsides, which are still mostly gray brush.

The dog ran the singletrack ahead of me most of the way, tongue out, stopping in the dandelions when I fell too far behind.

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