And Even More Ice!

On our third snowy, icy hike in mid-January, we came across even more ice crystals near the lower, rocky section of our Water Canyon trail, where the creek had frozen almost solid.

Ice and hoarfrost in frozen creek bed, two boots for scale.

Needle ice crystals on ice, with rocks poking through,
located in the upper left of the first photo.

Ice blades or feathers are like petals in an icy rose,
from the lower right of the first photo.

Gradually, the weather changed, overall temperatures warmed, and the ice fog left. Since then, we've had warmer days, more snow, a little more ice on one or two mornings, and most recently, some very clear, sunny days. Some think that winter is over, but it's only mid-February, and I really doubt it.