Swan Rangers enjoyed Winter Wonderlands during their outings this past week!

Scroll down to see the rest of their photos and details.

In our lead photo, Keith Hammer shows us snow-laden Hemlocks with . . .

. . . snow deep enough to form ski bridges over streams!

Chris Gotschalk shows us the snow is deep along the Swan Crest while . . .

. . . Keith Hammer shows us a spot where, on a warm sunny day, the south-facing snowpack suddenly became not deep, sliding on the likely slick Bear grass below!

Norma Linsky went skiing at the top of a local fog patch while . . .

. . . Chris Gotschalk shows us some colder rime on a tree and . . .

. . . Ruth Quist shows us frost on Pine and . . .

. . . Lichen!

Pam Willison found blue sky and cool clouds over the Mission Mountains while . . .

. . . Christin Rzasa shows us some cool pink clouds in the Bitterroot Valley and . . .

. . . Chris Gotschalk caught a narrow band of sunlight on the Swan Range just as the sun was setting below the clouds!

Pat Jaquith saw these Gray partridges in a stubble field . . .

. . . barely got a photo of a Prairie falcon seeking a more private place to eat its snack . . .

. . .  and watched this Red-tailed hawk switch its attention from rodents on the ground to a helicopter nearby!

Dani Mayberry shows us a cold-looking Mount Aeneas while . . .

. . . in our parting shot, Sallie Gratch shows us Florida's Winter Wonderland is a little warmer!

If you have interesting photos of your outings, send them along with a description to keith@swanview.org and we'll try to work them into these weekly reports!