Who says it's Spring? w/repost

The gate at Many Parks curve in RMNP was open this morning, so I drove up to Rainbow curve. It was like the Arctic tundra up there. On the way back down, I came across this scene. What is not conveyed here is the howling wind and white-out conditions. It was as bad and cold as anything I encountered this past winter.

Still pretty frigid looking. Great color!

I brightened up this repost. It shows off the blowing snow a little better.

"What is not conveyed here is the howling wind and white-out conditions."

If you say so, but I get chills just looking at!
Quite a dramatic shot you got here, Paul. Excellent color contrast and sense of depth (and cold !). This looks well worth the misery you suffered.

just goes to show ya, the calendar emans nothing! Nice colorfully chilly shot.

I love this shot! And yes, it does quite an effective job conveying the cold and wind. But that nice orange ball counters it nicely.

Great photo! What a nice catch for spring.

Great work. Ya, I think someone forgot to tell mother nature that's it spring in Colorado. It's been so cold here this year.

Brrrr. Those clouds really helped minimize the flare of looking toward the sun and picked up a lot of color.

Really like the color!

Nice glow Paul. Time to build a fire.

Excellent job Paul! I drove to the park entrance this morning and turned around as it was simply a wall of clouds over the peaks and blue sky everywhere else. Wish I would have followed you!

Excellent job! Way to brave the elements in the name of photography.

Randall K. Roberts
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Beauty of a shot, Paul!

You scored big time! Congratulations on not letting the weather dictate what to do.

Paul, that is a very cool sunriae....literally....that looks cool...I mean cold cool...as in freezing! Great capture!

Beautiful scene, looks frigid.

Awesome! Looks like a fun way to spend a day.

Thanks all. Erik, I almost turned around too. I'm glad I decided to wander around.

Beautiful image.

- Dan.

Nice shot Paul. Burrrrr.

Great shot ! very nice color.