Blue Hills, January 2015

After the first big storm of the year, I took my snowshoes out for a warm-up hike over a couple of ponds and up Great Blue Hill.

View of Boston from the top of the tower.

Eliot Bridge.

Houghton's Pond ("Swimming Prohibited")

Drifting snow on the surface of Ponkapoag;
Great Blue Hill in the distance

Dunes being carved into sastrugi.

A region of exposed ice (refrozen slush) bordering the snowdrifts.

Parting shot