Windswept Reverie Trees Captured from a helicopter at

Captured from a helicopter at sunset

cloaked in thick snow blankets

The sunset bathes the ocean in pink

a landscape that was both home and challenge

framed by Sierra granite and the line of Old Highway 40 winding through the landscape

Windswept Reverie Trees Captured from a helicopter atCaptured after five years of regular dedication going to one of the peaks in the Mt Rose wilderness, the panoramic photograph frames Lake Tahoe beneath an exploding pink sunset. The frosted trees accentuate the winter landscape. The ascent takes and advanced snowmobiler 45 minutes just from the parking lot, the summit is exposesd to high winds often making the ridge as thin as a knife edge. The descent is a mandatory ride home in darkness which turns