Rime ice is the name for frost deposited by freezing fog. In the case of 6525 foot high Lookout Mountain, the freezing fog is essentially the clouds that stream over the mountaintop. In Oregon, the storms usually blow in from the southwest (south is to the right in this photo), so the trees near the summit on the south side of Lookout Mountain take a severe beating from the weather.
Lookout Mountain is located just inside the northern boundary of the Badger Creek Wilderness in the Mount Hood National Forest. It is accessible by a short hike from a fee parking lot at High Prairie at the south end of USFS Road 4410.
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Rime Ice Coats Trees and Rocks on the Summit of Lookout Mountain, OR.
