ptarmigan
A white-tailed ptarmigan, halfway molted from summer plumage. I especially like the red eyelid you can see.
Cold Storage
Train cars wait on a siding by the St Louis river. The night is well into the negatives Fahrenheit.
Green Energy
A unique lighting scheme for the power substation at Cabin Lake.
Ice Storm
Blowing snow gusts across Echo Lake.
frosted
Snow showers break apart and show the sunset. It is about to get much colder.
mine head
An abandoned mine building above Leadville, CO. There are lots of old mine towns, but Leadville is special in how closely everything is grown together. Turn east on 7th street. Drive for 10 minutes. Congratulations, all the mines you could ever ask for.
fuzzy
The fuzzy part is because it was in the negative degrees fahrenheit. I tried to tell him he had something stuck to a whisker but he wasn’t moving.
uv
This view north is from my first climb in the Sawatch range, Huron Peak. With a fresh coat of snow it was a bad mistake continuing after forgetting sunscreen.
let it snow
Or don’t. Crews at the Minneapolis airport work to keep ahead of a storm and Christmas traffic.
snow bank
A very, very large one in the mountains near Rollins Pass. It’s doubtful this will melt before summer is over.