Climbing up from Virginia Lakes in 20 inches of new snow was a difficult and cold task. Putting on wet boots that freeze, and stomping around in the snow at 11,000 feet elevation to get a decent vantage point was somewhat difficult, but I was lucky as the wind died down to a whisper during sunset and the atmosphere was bearable to capture quite a few shots. It was a cold night, and took me a couple hours to warm up when we finally got back into our sleeping bags (laid out on a partial snow cave we dug).