While it was snowing over Spring Creek Basin, the ridges to the far south were still spotlit by sunshine. The whiteout didn’t last long, and pretty soon, the whole area was back in Mother Nature’s spotlight.
With his fuzzy black-and-white coat, the squall never bothered stout Corazon at all; this was one of the few pix where his head is up, not down grazing.
Even though I missed focus on Seneca in this shot, I still like it for the snow and her gallop through it. She could be any and all mustangs on a snow-day frolic through a winter wonderland!
And even though it looks very wintry, the snow is melting quickly. We didn’t get nearly as much out of the last system as everyone else – again.
It’s always a great visit with the ponies when we can combine mustang-wild beauty and the ever-changing face of Temple Butte. Snow was moving out of the area, and the promontory was rising out of the clearing fog and snow. Copper, as usual, wondered why the heck I was sitting in the snow with a big grin on my face. 🙂
Look at that round little belly! Killian was trying to take shelter from the graupel – or maybe he thought I wouldn’t see him under the trees.
Mostly, the ponies didn’t mind the periods of wind and snow (graupel), but at least one took the opportunity to show her frisky side with a toss of her head that made her mane really fly!
Painted pony Reya walks through a snow-globe world. The snow was really graupel – little snow pellets – and it was blowing ahead of a fierce wind out of the west. It didn’t last awfully long, and we had the gift of sunshine at the very end of the day.
While it looks like Shadow is walking through knee-deep snow … well, she is. But her knees aren’t all that far above the ground. She’s really short. 🙂
We do have some drifts that are a little deep-ish still, but our snow is melting quickly under 40-plus-degree temperatures and lots of high-country sunshine.
That said, this photo was taken just minutes after a pelting graupel storm. And this sunlight lasted just minutes before the sun slipped below the ridge, ending another beautiful day in the basin.
Here’s a crazy-cool thing: While hiking into Spring Creek Basin, it was a little shocking and then pretty awesome to see that some horses had used my snowshoe track from a couple of days earlier! How often do you get to break trail for mustangs? 🙂
Mariah steps across shadows on her way from one part of the band to the others. Sunny, snowy days with mustangs … ahhhhh!
Terra and her compadres don’t have much snow to paw through in Spring Creek Basin, and it’s melting to large open areas. Temps are hitting 40 degrees, and it’s melty out there.
We’re looking forward to our next wave of snow. 🙂
Bright as a handsome copper penny! And very sleepy in the warm sunshine reflecting off the bright snow.
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 