Tenaz and Temple watch mule deer walk uphill across the snowy expanse of Spring Creek Basin from near the main/original water catchment area.
After a very cold morning (minus 5!) and a high only around 25 degrees, all that lovely snow is still pretty pristine … all the way to Utah’s shining La Sal Mountains!
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 
Harmony in nature ! Yeah for the snow 🙂
We’re seeing lots of deer and elk now, escaping the deeper snow of higher elevations. Harmony is the word! Grateful to have the moisture. 🙂
Lovely picture!
Thanks, Karen! 🙂
Gorgeous, TJ! Mustangs and deer and sweeping, open, vistas – wildness at its best! We are very, very cold too…but at least it postpones the mud. 😁
That it does! Way to think positively! 🙂 It’s amazing to still have so much snow on the ground. I’m ready for a little warmer temps – my icicles are wild!
it is very beautiful to see all that snow in your photograph. It’s -12 here this morning and it was -14 yesterday morning. These exceptionally low temperatures are only right where our home is because we are the lowest point in this whole area. In town it is 10° higher.
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Yikes. That’s cold!
And STILL 44 here (NY) & rain. Snow – even the ice almost completely gone – except for the plowed mounds. Winter in NY – sure is different than all those years ago when I grew up here. As I said before, so glad you folks and horses are having an actual winter. Wish we were!
A couple of people here have said, “This is the way winter was 20 years ago.” We had a slow start in Disappointment Valley, but we’re sure going to be happy with this snow when spring comes!
I agree – then right after I commented – it started snowing here – only a dusting & temp dropped fast. I’m really glad you are getting what you need.
I’ve learned to be grateful for all the moisture we DO get … even while I always hope for more and at the right times. 🙂 Glad you got even a dusting!