I suppose I will have to come up with some more creative titles since there's certain to be many more days of snow over the next few months. It has been a few years since I've lived in a place where snow was common and we got another 3 inches or so yesterday. The view in this photo is looking toward Sunrise Point (far left) and Queen's Garden from the Rim Trail. Even though the temps today were barely above freezing, a lot of the snow on the slope (which faces south and gets a lot of sun) was gone by mid-afternoon.

This Limber Pine is one of the most photographed trees in the park. Located at Sunrise Point, erosion from the plateau's edge has exposed the roots and it is known as the "Tip-Toe Tree". In a sort of twisted sense it almost looks like it is too cold and is trying to get up out of the snow. Actually, I think it would be interesting to know the extent of the root system; it looks pretty healthy so it obviously it gets the moisture it needs though it isn't a particularly tall and robust tree as Limber Pines go . . .

Finally, for all you lagomorph fans, I saw lots of these tracks (click to view) in the snow this morning. The "wabbits" in question are probably Mountain Cottontails having fun in the freshly fallen snow after all the "two-leggeds" leave for the evening. I also saw some tracks that appeared to be canid but not very distinct - probably too small for Coyote; might have been the elusive Gray Fox. Out rabbit hunting maybe?