This past week brought an unexpected snowstorm. I know because all the weather alerts said this was unusual for this time of year. It was pretty much an overnight dumping of a good 8-10 inches of snow. That was on Tuesday and by Saturday when I was heading out for a nature hike it was pretty much all melted here in town.
However the mountain that I was headed to was a different story.
Canon 5D Mark II w/70-200mm - 1/80 Sec - F2.8 - ISO 160
There was very much still snow on the ground. In some places well over a foot. Most of it now crunchy was wet now frozen on the top. So as you can imagine me crunching my way through it may have something to do with the lack of wildlife I saw on this day.
Still it was good to get back out and just be walking around with a camera.
Canon 5D Mark II w/70-200mm - 1/160 Sec - F2.8 - ISO 125
The mountain wasn’t entirely devoid of life, I did get to witness some chattering squirrels as they scurried about searching for whatever food they could find.
Canon 7D Mark II w/300mm + 1.4x - 1/1000 Sec - F4 - ISO 4000
Canon 7D Mark II w/300mm + 1.4x - 1/1600 Sec - F4 - ISO 200
It wasn’t a very long trip out, although I did have some kind of warm clothing it was not entirely prepared for a day out in the snow. So after 3-4 hours I was ready to pack it up and call it a day.
Perhaps this coming weekend will be a little less frozen over. But I’ll be more ready for it. Got a bunch of winter gear ordered that’ll be coming in this week.