From St Anton we went to Zermatt Switzerland

The route to the top of the mountain was via this cog train.

We were fortunate to be there on the night of a full moon got to ride up to the Gornegrat to view and photograph the Matterhorn

We also had a view from the balcony of our hotel room 

Also got to ski right in the shadow of it 

Zermatt was a quaint town with lots of these little houses tucked in among the hotels and apartment buildings 

 These old buildings were up on stilts and some had live stock living under them

Spent a few days in St Anton Austria Skiing 

The mountains seemed to just go on forever.  Peter and I skied a route with a guide that was 60 km. and went from one small town to the next through 5 little villages. Check out the trail map
http://www.ski-st-anton.com/skiing/st-anton-piste-trail-map/  

On a rainy day we took a train to Innsbruck

After an awe inspiring visit to the Cathedral we went to the "Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum"   http://www.trans-alleghenylunaticasylum.com Although the exterior of the building was lovely as I was shooting the doors and windows inside I could not help but wonder what the former patients were thinking as they gazed out.

Washington National Cathedral  

I was able to join a group that gained access to the Cathedral while all the chairs were out of the nave

Got out to shoot Aspens while in Colorado.  Wandered through these groves of trees on snow shoes for 4.5 hours.  Was truly beautiful.

Future Christmas Tree

My guide Will.  He carried all my gear!!

We stopped on the way back to shoot some abandoned cars and I saw this old barn.  Though it was snowing pretty hard by then we hiked over for a few shots 

Love this look!

Headed in one direction today and found something else.  Watching these young ones race was really fun.  I was told that although the snow spray looks cool it actually slows down the skier