Wind-blown

It's so easy to picture snow as being white and smooth, but it is anything but that. I think I had my camera pointed in the direction of the sun and so the snow came out looking more like sparkling sand than snow. Haven't been able to change the colour, so will post as is. These tiny ripples were photographed at Highwood Pass, Kananaskis, last weekend, on 23 November 2013, when a birding friend and I went in search of a White-tailed Ptarmigan (without success!).