I went up to Lake Haiyaha in the winter of 2025 in search of ice to shoot as is my normal winter routine. The winds were kicking this day in the 30-40 miles per hour range which made it very difficult to shoot but made the snowdrifts kick across the frozen lake wildly. I came over to this patch of ice and loved the way the snowdrifts were kicking up over the ice with the sunlight shining down through them. This scene felt like a divine moment of inspiration in my ice adventure.

Rocky Mountain National Park, CO