Almost looks too fragile to stay balanced; sorta like the egg being balanced on salt. Very cool pics.

Pap

Now for something a bit different, winter in the desert. We had single digit temperatures the last few days and it didn't warm up too much either. I will be cross country skiing in the La Sals before too long, but still hiking closer to town.
Since it is so cold, snow is dry and powdery, and some neat crystals have formed as seen in the first photo.
Peter

Cool!
Nice contrast to earlier photos.

Hey... Was that a Satellite Dish I saw a few pictures back..... Just kidding!!!! Man is that place gorgious!!

The pictures exceed expectations... can not imagine being there real time!! Enjoy and keep them coming!

"Cool" doesn't quite describe the pics. Past cool, not sure what that is, maybe Frosty!! Super!!

Pap

Great stuff!

Looks like Christmas in the wilds.

All so very, very beautiful Peter. Thanks so much for continuing to share your hikes. Merry Christmas!

Thanks for all of the nice comments guys
I really am extremely happy to have relocated here for my retirement. It is beautiful, and there is so much to do outdoors. Last Sunday, I did my first two rappels, in preparation for some future canyoneering.

Merry Christmas and happy New Year to everyone, and especially our troops.

Peter

It has been very cold here lately, single digits or teens if we are lucky at night and not breaking 30 during the day.
We were able to go cross country skiing in town Thursday and today, we went up to the La Sals to ski on 4 feet of snow with groomed trails, peak elevation 10500 ft.
Took my dog Riggs both times since his dog brother Randall passed away on Wednesday and he needs some extra attention.
It is rare that there is enough snow at the lower elevations to ski, but it was pretty nice to see all of the red rock covered in snow. I also did some hiking on Saturday on some snow covered sandstone fins.
Sorry about the white balance on some
Peter