Snowscape

Early in the series of winter storms we've been getting all this month. Scripps Wildlife area, Washoe Valley, Nevada. This area closes to the publc on the 15th of February to protect nesting birds, primarily waterfowl. It contains wetlands (at least at the present high water level!) representing the northern extension of Washoe Lake. Yes, the snow in the foreground has been sculpted by the wind!

tiabunna, Gudrun, Andy Rodker, Fred Fouarge and 5 other people have particularly liked this photo

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Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Beautiful winter landscape.

5 years ago.

Don Barrett (aka DBs… ^club

Nice to see the snowfall this year!

5 years ago.

slgwv ^club has replied to Don Barrett (aka DBs… ^club

For sure! And it's continuing. Squaw Valley set a record for February snowfall!

5 years ago.

Don Barrett (aka DBs… ^club has replied to slgwv ^club

I just heard that Amtrak had to turn a train around. We've record rain down here, a fair amount of damage to roads.

5 years ago.

slgwv ^club has replied to Don Barrett (aka DBs… ^club

At least Big Bear should refill! It was way down when we were there in Nov '17, and the ranger told me that the atmospheric rivers that went into the Tahoe area in spring '17 had largely missed SoCal.

5 years ago.

Don Barrett (aka DBs… ^club has replied to slgwv ^club

LA and the mountains are getting more rain today, but it's very slight here in the desert.

5 years ago.

William Sutherland ^club

Outstanding winter landscape capture!

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5 years ago.

Smiley Derleth ^club

Great vista! I love the shaping by the wind.

5 years ago.

Fred Fouarge ^club

mooi

5 years ago.

slgwv ^club

Thanks, everyone! We haven't had snow like this down on the valley floor in several years.

5 years ago.

Sarah O' ^club

Hello sigwv. Greetings from the deep South, : GEORGIA! I have run through several of your shots here and came back to this first one to comment, I enjoyed so much your gallery from out West, most of which I have NOT seen. I have relatives in Dallas, Texas and HAVE been there....your shots are fantastic and glad you have shared them. well done !

Best wishes, Sarah.... Georgia ! :)

5 years ago.

slgwv ^club has replied to Sarah O' ^club

Thanks, Sarah! Glad you liked them. I'll be posting more along.

5 years ago.

Diane Putnam ^club

Are you still getting snow? Pretty shot!

5 years ago.

slgwv ^club has replied to Diane Putnam ^club

February snowfall set a record at the Reno airport, and the storms continued into March! The Tahoe snowpack, last I heard, is something like 170% of normal for this time of year. So at least we won't have another drought this year!

We got a bit of a break this last week or so, and now (the 20th) it's raining again!

5 years ago.

Don Barrett (aka DBs… ^club has replied to slgwv ^club

Have you read about Mammoth Mountain? 30 foot drifts, in the town?

5 years ago.

Gudrun ^club

You had a real winter this year! Ours more or less didn't take place, masses of snow in the Alps but hardly anything further north and much too warm...

5 years ago.

slgwv ^club has replied to Gudrun ^club

That we did! Finally--no drought now. The snowfall at the Reno airport set a record for February. And Washoe Lake is now full again, three years running--first time that's happened in the 30 years we've lived here! Sorry to hear about your snow-less winter.

5 years ago.

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