I initially thought returning to the Casavant trail in January would look similar to my last visit around a mouth ago in December. However, I did come across some new developments in the phenology of the site. With all that said, I was very excited for the relaxing walk on the way there.
The most immediate change I noticed was how the Winooski river had mostly frozen over with snow covering most of the surface. However the falls section of the river was still flowing and it was really interesting to see the water flowing in one area and the rest frozen on the surface.
The snow-cover was still the same as when I’d left, but there was a high amount of tracks left behind, particularly rabbit and other small mammal tracks.
In one area I noticed that a small stream still had a flourishing little population of plants, this area hadn’t been frozen or covered in snow since I’ve been documenting these trails.
Further upstream on the Winooski river there was lots of tracks on top of the snow that fell on the surface frozen river.
Just a reference of the entrance stairs, from summer to now.
Just a few more photos to detail what winter looks like on the trail.
And finally, a snow angel.
