Ice stalagmites in a brook by the trail.









The view from Marcy Dam: clouds with that smell of imminent snowfall.









Recent warm weather meant the streams were still fairly ice-free.









In some places, the stream flowed on top of old ice.









Fresh snow at the stream crossing near Avalanche Lean-To.









Rasgoat trying a little ice climbing.









It's my turn now.









Up I go!









Almost looks like I'm high up, doesn't it?









Next morning, it's snowing gently.









Time for breakfast.









New snow on the trail.









A rock by the trail.









A glimpse of a nearby mountain, maybe Mt. Colden.









I think this was the Opalescent River.









Woopeckers have been here.









Lake Tear of the Clouds.









Rime on the way up Mt Skylight.









More rime.









Glaze ice just a few feet away from the previous shot.









Rime on the summit of Skylight (digitally brightened)









Rasgoat on Skylight's summit.









Another shot on Skylight's summit.









A boulder on the summit, with a cairn in the distance.









Boulder again.









On the way up Marcy: icicles coated with windblown snow.









A glimpse of the bottom of Panther Gorge.









Mt Colden emerges from the clouds.









Gray Peak is visible too.









Gray and Colden again as the clouds part further.









Clouds closing in again.









A glimpse of Haystack.









Mt Skylight









Lake Tear of the Clouds









Gray Peak









On the summit of Mt Marcy.









Mt Marcy summit plaque.









A glimpse of Basin Mountain.









Heavy snow the next morning.









Snow fell faster than we could pack the tent.









Crossing Marcy Dam again in stiff wind.









Moss in a snowbank.









Resting in the pines.