Snow squalls

If the Weather Channel and the National Weather Service has any kind of street cred on the ridge, we're supposed to shortly be at the very beginning of a warming trend—the week of above normal temperatures known to folklore at the January Thaw. But, as every roller coaster rider knows, the ride is replete with peaks and valleys, and while I was on the trail, dark clouds rolled in and, in advance of a quick passing cold front, started spitting snow over the land. It wasn't supposed to amount to anything, and, since warmth would eventually reach us... maybe... it wasn't supposed to whiten the landscape for very long. Still, while the white stuff was flurrying down, I took advantage of the photo op and captured this latest tease of winter with the weatherproof camera.