The salt marshes on the Cape are filled with huge ice chunks. It’s still white as far as the eye can see. Hopefully we’ll start to see some melting soon!
The Red Maple Swamp Trail at Fort Hill is still pretty “snowed in.” You can see just how high the snow is by the fence. The snow is almost up to the top rail. Yikes! There’s not going to be much hiking there for a while… unless you bring your snowshoes!
The snow is high and everything you see is white… as far out as you can see. I’ve never seen Cape Cod Bay when you can’t even see the open water, just the snow and ice. It looks like you’re in the Arctic…
Little Pleasant Bay was pretty frozen the other day. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen it that iced over. This was such a pretty view looking out from Pahwah Landing with all of the dried cattails blowing in the wind. What do you think?
I always love this view as you come over the crest and look down toward the old entrance to Nauset Beach. It’s even pretty in winter with all the snow… but the anticipation you feel in the summer will just have to wait a few more months!
We only stopped at Fort Hill for a few minutes yesterday morning, and it was worth it! Looking out over Nauset Marsh was just spectacular!
There is still quite a bit of snow on the trails, but you can see the grass poking through where the sun has warmed it. I wonder what it will look like tomorrow after this next storm?!
Just for fun, I edited it with a more dramatic look. What do you think?
We went snowshoeing at Wiley Park the other day and there’s still a lot of snow! It was fun to snowshoe on the trails and up and over the bridge. With the forecast for temps in the 20s and for more snow, I think the snow will be there for quite a while.
It’s not often you see the Town Cove in Orleans totally frozen over. It is so smooth, it looks like glass. This is such a pretty view looking out from the Orleans Yacht Club.
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