We had a nice 20mph SE wind on St. Patty's Day. Perfect for eagles to soar near Mount Dewey. Too bad I didn't figure out how to get a decent shot until later. These are a couple of my beter photos. 
The eagles would circle right in front of me and sometimes directly above me. 
Used a polorized filter to capture the blue skies.
Tinted mountain. 
Christina borrowed a couple lenses from our friends. These three pictures were taken with a Canon EF 70-210mm from our loft. Notice the SUNSHINE! I've (Quent) been in Ketchikan for the last couple weeks and have missed this sight.
Zoomed in on the top of Woronkofski.
No avalanches yet.
A small lenticular cloud formed the morning of February 28 over Woronkofski Island. There is another peak on the island that another lenticular formed over. In fact, most of the peaks along the west side of Zimovia Strait had lenticulars hovering over them in the pre-dawn light.
Standing on "thin" air. 
Super Shadow! (Where's her cape?) 
Groundhog day! Yes, Shadow saw her shadow!
I borrowed a kind-hearted coworker's snowmobile to get to the trailhead. At which point I strapped on my snowshoes and hiked and hiked and hiked. Then skied all the way back down to the snowmobile.
I had been hiking three hours and wasn't even half way to where I wanted to be. I thought about hiking a little more before turning around until I saw the sun come out and light up the top as shown in this picture. I decided I had to go up there in the hope that the sun would come out again. It did, just as I crested the top several hours later. Perfect timing.
Had this overcast sky and flurries all day until I reached the top.
The snow was deep. Between 26-30 inches of fluffly powder everytime I measured it in the flats. Even with snowshoes on I would sink down 16-20 inches (knee deep). In areas like this I cut across the slope through waist deep powder. The five minutes of skiing through this section was incredible. It made the trip.
Almost at the top. Yes, it took me 6.5 hours to get to the top. In the summer I make it up here in a hour. 
I'm on top but what happened to my snowcave!?! I dug for a while but wasn't able to make it to the entrance. I'm sure I could have but I was running short of time and my skis work a lot better on my feet than in my hands acting as a shovel.
Don't look back. This tree turned into a pillar of salt. 
Wonder what I would have looked like if I had been up here when this happened. The intricate details for these snowblasted trees are beautiful.
Generic shelter photo. Note the size of the drift on the back. By the end of the day there were tracks up the drift and onto the roof. Just had to go up there so I could jump off.
Pretty neat miniture cornice. I think it's waiting to giveway under the weight of some unsuspecting hiker.
Sitting on top of the shelter, eating my well-deserved snack.
Looking toward the backchannel. A wonderful white world.
Blasted with snow.
These are icicles that were blasted with snow and grew about 3 times their original diameter. Quite unique.
Now just where is that outhouse!?? Hope it's not needed because little lump of snow in the foreground is all that is visible.
Making tracks toward home. This was the best powder day I have experienced in years (or maybe ever). It was awesome! I was too busy skiing to take pictures until this point but there were several steep sections where I would make a turn and find my shoulder plowing through the fluffy snow during the turn. The skiing was almost effortless as I would bounce from one turn and into the next. Just thinking about it makes me want to go up there tomorrow.
Serpentine snowshoe tracks.
The trees collected almost half of the snow.
Should have used a tripod but I didn't have one with me. Still a nice cascading water effect out of a beautifully installed smooth inner wall 36" HDPE culvert.
