The winter can be a very fickle time to hike.  Some days you are meant to get to places, other days you are not.  The week prior to getting this shot I was on the ridge just before the hike up the frozen waterfalls of Sky Pond.  I felt the weather shifting and decided to pull back even though I was almost there.  Thankfully I did because a white out covered the entire mountain and chased off hikers shortly afterward.  A week later I made the same journey to the ridge that eluded me.  I took this shot while standing on the Lake of Glass.  The cathedral spires are absolutely mesmerizing up on this ridge and make the difficult journey through the forest completely worthwhile.

Rocky Mountain National Park, CO