Rime Doughnut : Photos, Diagrams & Topos : SummitPost

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Corey Bigler - May 16, 2006 3:42 pm - Voted 10/10

Very Cool!

There's where I left my inner tube.

turistoalpinista - May 16, 2006 4:22 pm - Voted 10/10

Something else...

It's nice to see unusual picture like that.Very nice.TA

William Marler - May 16, 2006 4:28 pm - Voted 10/10

Very nice shot.

There was something missing. No handstand. I fixed this problem and will send it to you. (•:
Cheers William

MountaingirlBC - May 17, 2006 12:40 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Very nice shot.

hehe... thanks for that William!

Diggler - May 17, 2006 12:10 am - Voted 10/10

strange

that is very strange & cool.

MountaingirlBC - May 17, 2006 3:30 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Look at

big doughnut! you win! Nice one! Add it to the rime album!

Sajama - May 17, 2006 5:54 am - Voted 10/10

Curious...

...effect! I never have seen nothing like this!

dabri - May 17, 2006 8:17 am - Voted 10/10

Ring of rime

Nice Ring of rime!
What is there underneath the rime?

MountaingirlBC - May 17, 2006 5:18 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Ring of rime

under it is a small tree :)

Rob A - May 17, 2006 4:31 pm - Voted 10/10

MMMM....doughnut!!!

Very Nice!

JDAWG - May 20, 2006 6:47 am - Voted 10/10

energy

the wheel of life,
lovely

jazamoo - May 20, 2006 9:28 pm - Hasn't voted

pretty

and so cute :)

Aspen - May 21, 2006 6:00 am - Hasn't voted

Vanilla

Mmmmmmmmm v a n i l l a i c i n g ! :D

Knight

magellan - May 23, 2006 6:34 am - Hasn't voted

POTW

First one? Good on ya, girl!

MountaingirlBC - May 23, 2006 8:40 am - Hasn't voted

thx everyone!

yeah... my first POTW.... that was pretty kewl I have to admit :)

dadndave - May 23, 2006 12:06 pm - Voted 10/10

Great

That's a brilliant photo - but for people like me in foreign climes , can you explain the phenomenon? Is it a small tree that get's weighed down by accumulated ice?

MountaingirlBC - May 23, 2006 3:17 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Great

Here's the technical explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rime_ice

Basically, yeah... there's a little tree under there. The wind was coming mostly from one direction (strongly!) and this caused the tree to be bent over as the snow & ice piled up on it. Eventually it tipped over enough that the circle was complete. Or... it could be two trees that ended up 'kissing.' For more rime pics from that trip visit: http://www.alpinescribes.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=88&page=2