Winter Overtime

Spring is just around the corner but we've still got two of the three snowiest months in Colorado ahead of us. It's a good time of year to bear down, get out in the inclement weather and capture some of your best winter images of the season. I made this image of Horseshoe Park from above Trail Ridge Road last week during pristine winter conditions. Maybe I'd like to be on a beach, but this is now the time to photograph some of your best winter scenes in Rocky Mountain National Park. Technical Details: Nikon D810, Nikkor 24-120mm F4 ED VR
Spring is just around the corner but we’ve still got two of the three snowiest months in Colorado ahead of us. It’s a good time of year to bear down, get out in the inclement weather and capture some of your best winter images of the season. I made this image of Horseshoe Park from above Trail Ridge Road last week during pristine winter conditions. Maybe I’d like to be on a beach, but this is now the time to photograph some of your best winter scenes in Rocky Mountain National Park. Technical Details: Nikon D810, Nikkor 24-120mm F4 ED VR

Winter is finally winding down in most parts of the country. It’s been an historic winter in many parts and most of us are ready to move on with the cold and snow. Only fourteen more days to go until the calendar officially reads spring. We will turn the clocks ahead tonight and while the sun will now rise an hour later, it wont set until after 7:00 PM now. The change is seasons is perceptible now, spring fever is officially setting in. Warmer days filled with hours and hours of sunlight can not be far of right?.

For the most part this is true. Except a funny thing happens here in Rocky Mountain National Park and the Front Range of Colorado come spring time. It tends to snow, and when it snows, it snows a lot. So while Spring Fever is setting in, March our snowiest month of the year is upon us, with April our third snowiest month of the year waiting in the wings. So while the days keep getting longer and the temperatures more mild, the chance to get out and photograph the landscape in a pristine coat of fresh powder will only be increasing here in the next two months.

For me personally March and April feel a bit like going into overtime after a tough fought four quarters of Basketball. Winter is almost over, fatigue has set in but it’s time to suck it up, dig down for a little more motivation and get out there in the field. Instead of complaining or pining for warmer weather, finish strong and make some of your best winter images before the season here does transition over to warmer weather. Winter may still have a few doozy’s up her sleeve, but before you know it the lakes will thaw, flowers will bloom and Trail Ridge Road will open for the season.