Even though I need to ski or snowshoe into this location, it doesn’t take long for me to get here. So often when conditions look good from home, I’m able to pack up and arrive here before sunrise. I love this spot but have yet this winter to get the dramatically colorful sky I want. The morning I took this image, I thought for sure conditions were right as there were a lot of clouds above but the horizon looked clear. One challenge living in the mountains is that the horizon can rarely be completely seen to know if there might be a low layer of clouds that will kill the color at the last minute. That’s what happened here. Just as the color started, the sun hit a low layer of clouds that I couldn’t see due to the mountains in the distance and everything went grey and dull. I waited around and when the sun rose above the mountains, a little color was put back into the scene. I’ll keep trying as conditions look promising, but there’s not a lot of winter left so I may have to continue this quest next winter.