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Playing in the Snow
Drew in his element.
Jason drops in.
Christina enjoys some late spring powder turns.
Tom's turn.
Kirby ran out of snow.
Vijay skis some steeps.
So nice to get outside and play in the snow with my friends again the last couple days!
Winter Clouds over Mount Sneffels
One of my favorite "moods" of Mount Sneffels is when a winter snowstorm is clearing and clouds lift off and swirl past its snow-caked ramparts.
When I come home after spending time in other mountain ranges, my perception of Mount Sneffels and the Sneffels Range always shifts a bit depending on where I've just been. For a random example, after time spent in the Wasatch Range of Utah, the San Juans always look so high and burly to me when I first come back here. On the other hand, we recently returned from three months in the Alps of Tyrol, Austria and my initial impression was that the Sneffels Range looked kinda short and stubby!
That said, spending time in other mountain ranges also makes me appreciate the unique qualities of my home mountains. Mount Sneffels isn't a particularly big peak compared to many of the behemoths in the Alps, but yet it has a certain rugged charm to it, with its symmetrical profile and its many rocky ramparts and spires leading up to the summit. Yesterday morning as Sneffels emerged from a clearing snowstorm with clouds blowing over the face of the mountain, its ruggedness was accentuated and then it looked to me like a pretty big peak indeed!