Photo of the Week: Snow-fire!

Photo of the Week: Snow-fire!

Thanks to several inches of snow falling in the mountains over the last several days, there’s been some nice fresh snow to be skied on wind-sheltered, snow-catching aspects. And where the wind is blowing, beauty abounds. The mountains caught fire on Tuesday as fresh snow clinging to the upper elevation canopy was stirred by steady gusts of wind and set aglow by the setting sun. We’ve rarely seen such an amazing display of snow-fire… (Click on the thumbnail below for a larger view. Thx!)
- Brian

7 Responses for “Photo of the Week: Snow-fire!”

  1. Christa says:
    February 23, 2011 at 8:14 am

    Brilliant !

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  2. JStarr says:
    February 23, 2011 at 12:00 pm

    That’s amazing guys. Used to see that above treeline when the bowls would whip up at sunset. It hardly looks real down here in the trees.

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    • Brian says:
      February 23, 2011 at 12:53 pm

      Spots like this were lighting up all over the mountain side. It was like the mountain was a steaming volcano, or as if an actual forest fire was bursting with flames and out of control…

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  3. skiin' Ian says:
    February 23, 2011 at 5:51 pm

    ‘Twas quite the spectacle!

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  4. Adrian says:
    February 24, 2011 at 6:08 pm

    Wow, that’s an awesome shot!

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  5. Jeannie says:
    February 28, 2011 at 8:44 pm

    I will show it to my Camera club members! Absolutely Beautiful and all natural!! I like the bit of blue snow in the background.

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  6. Andrew Caffrey says:
    March 2, 2011 at 1:19 pm

    That is v. cool. Does the slope have to face the wind for that to happen, or can it happen on any aspect. beautiful pic!

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