Saving Grace - Trinity Alps
The Trinity Alps are one of the most divided landscapes in California, thanks to three major rivers. In spring, the rivers and their mighty tributaries swell and seethe with the melting snows. If you know someone who’s never witnessed this, here’s the place to take her.By Camille Cusumano
(original article at VIA Magazine: Trinity River in Trinity Alps California)
Snowmelt is a Western word. It’s not one used by people in New Jersey. And it’s not to be confused with the grungy, urban remnant that is more grime and car exhaust than snow. Ultraclean snowmelt is the glorious elixir that runs clear and cold from high granite keeps in the West. A hydrologist’s brand of runoff, snowmelt is quintessential Western fare.