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F5_TreesShatteredByLightning.jpg

From where I turned around, I could have literally skied back to the van in about 10 minutes -- but hiking down steep hillsides took me over 2 hours! Along the way I visited this isolated clump of trees that was apparently recently blasted by lightning.

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By Alan Silverstein, ajs@frii.com (page updated Mon May 4 17:54:04 MDT 2026)