If you enjoyed my post of pictures of places in the snow, I think you're going to love these pictures of snowy scenes too. These photographs of snow are all beautiful. Some are gorgeous and famous natural attractions and others just simple countryside given a winter blessing.
Snapshot Survey
Snapshot Survey
1. Winter Tree
Some of the very best photographs of snowy scenes are of individual trees.
Individual trees blanketed in snow can embody the essence of winter's silent beauty. Each limb, dressed in white, offers a striking contrast to the starkness of the bare branches against a cold sky. Captured in the right light, these lone sentinels of the season can evoke a sense of peaceful solitude. Whether it's the delicate frosting on the smallest twig or the way the snow outlines each bough, the simple, yet profound elegance radiates from these natural sculptures. They stand as serene testaments to the chilly splendor that only winter can craft.
2. Red Cardinal in Winter
Via Winter Landscape, Birch Trees, Bird, ...
We don't have these birds in the UK - we have the humble robin redbreast but it's nowhere near as red as this standout color.
3. O Canada!
Via Spectacular landscapes of Canada by ...
Wayne Simpson shot this spectacular scene.
4. Full Moon
Just what is it about snow in the dark?
5. Hurricane Ridge
Sunrise in Olympic National Park, Washington State.
6. Winter and Fall Meet
Via Winter and Fall Meet Each ...
A gorgeous snowy scene in Minnesota.
7. Winter Road
Via Winter Road 3
This reminds me of the back roads where I grew up.
8. Minnehaha Falls, Minnesota
Via Best Scenic Views : Minnehaha ...
Just love how the water has frozen into a curtain of ice.
9. Freedom Park, Charlotte, NC
Via Stunning Beauty, Landscape and Vehicle ...
"I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree."
Joyce Kilmer
10. Yosemite National Park, California
Via Valley View
I wasn't sure Yosemite could look even more beautiful.
11. Snow Train
Via besttravelphotos.me
The steam locomotive is wending its way through Germany's Black Forest.
12. Sunshine and Icicles
Via Sparkle
Here to add to the "just 'cos it's pretty" factor
13. Snow Moon
Via I see the moon...
I never knew that referred to a specific moon phase.
14. Multonomah Falls, Bridal Veil, Oregon
Via Multonomah Falls Ice and Snow
Some pictures of snow don't need a description. Just look on in awe.
15. Winter Wonderland
Via Lunar walk
You have to climb through the wardrobe to get to Narnia.
In the enchanting embrace of a snowy landscape, you'll discover a serene tranquility that transcends the chill. Picture yourself wrapped in a cozy blanket, sipping on a mug of steaming cocoa, with nothing but the whisper of falling snowflakes breaking the hush. This isn’t just a scene from a holiday card; it's an actual slice of winter's magic that beckons, inviting you to frolic in the frost without fear of freezing your toes. Let the wintry vistas inspire you to embrace the season with open arms and a warm heart.
16. Breakthrough
Via The 30 Most Beautiful Nature ...
Love shine a light.
17. Snowflakes
Snowflakes form when ice crystals form around microscopic particles of dust in the air.
18. Feathery Trees
I love how snow can instantly transform the look of a tree.
19. A Snowflake on a Yew Leaf
Via Photo Gallery Redirect - The ...
Oh so pretty.
20. Stockholm, Sweden
Via bloglovin.com
Stunning blue snow road.
21. Snow Crystals
Via DSC_5235 / Flickr - Photo ...
“In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.”
Paul Coehlo
22. Wood Pile!
Via Icy Wood Pile ~ January ...
You'd have to chip away at the old block to get logs for your fire.
23. Mt. Rainier, Washington State
Via Timeline Photos - Best Photography ...
What incredible colors.
24. Wizard's Lamp
I just can't look at this without seeing Harry Potter.
25. Alaska
I'm sure there must be more stunningly breathtaking pictures of snowy scenes in Alaska than anywhere else.
26. Forest Road
Via Travel The World’s Most Beautiful ...
I just love the palette of this scene.
27. Silent Snow
Via TheFullerView
As pretty as a picture.
28. Weeping Willow
Via flickr.com
Pretty in summer. Stunning in winter.
29. Rossiya, Russia
Via fantasticviewpoint.com
Another cold day dawns.
30. Stop!
I just had to include this for novelty value. This pic was taken in Durango, Colorado.
31. Winter Berries
Via All sizes | Ice Storm.December.2007 ...
Trapped after an ice storm.
32. Persimmon and Snow in Japan
Snowy scenes in Japan are always romantic, even when the fruit looks like droplets of blood.
33. Lone Snowflake
Via Winter Delights by Plow & ...
People are like snowflakes. All totally unique.
34. Finland
Via Obertilliach
A typical snowy scene in the land of the Finns.
35. Kerosene Creek, New Zealand
Via Photography
Such an 'unpretty' name for a gorgeous place. New Zealand is my favorite country for natural wonders.
36. Mont Blanc
Via 11 Majestic Places That You're ...
Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in the European Union and The Alps.
37. Quebec, Canada
Can you imagine this in person?
38. White out
Via Maybe someday...
Can you imagine walking here?
39. Winter Sunset
Via Astonishing Sunrise and Sunset Photos ...
"There is pleasure in the pathless woods."
George Gordon Byron.
40. Fresh Snow
Via trees & snow, lincoln pass
The future lies before you like a path of driven snow. Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show.
41. Grey Skies
Via le vieillard
Looks like another snowfall is on the way.
42. Merced River, Yosemite National Park
The mountain peaks have been dipped in gold.
43. Ottawa, Ontario
Via Ottawa Ontario Canada March 2011 ...
Ethereal light.
44. Beautiful Winter Scene
Via Login on Twitter
White on white.
45. Siberia, Russia
Via Russia, Siberia, Sheregesh
Breathtaking but foreboding.
46. Winter Pond
Is this the definition of Zen?
47. St. Joseph North Pier Lighthouse, St. Joseph, Michigan
Via All sizes | "Frozen Light" ...
Oh my.
48. Lake Geneva, Switzerland
Via Deadly Tree
And oh my again. Even more so.
49. Humber Bay Park, Lake Ontario, Canada
Some of the branches look like reindeer antlers.
50. Frozen
Via winter
Too cold to row today.
51. Snoqualmie Pass, Washington
Via To the Clouds
Magic = snow in the moonlight.
52. La Plagne, French Alps
Via tree top
I want to make the first footprint in the virgin snow.
53. Path to Nowhere
Via A snowy day.
“Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
54. Max Patch Mountain, North Carolina
Via APPALACHIAN WINTER -- Max Patch ...
The pre dawn light creates winter layers.
55. Snow Cathedral, Norway
Via twistmaterialz.blogspot.com
A place to worship the beauty of nature.
56. Hidden Trees
Via winter greetings
“The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?”
J. B. Priestley
57. A Thing of Beauty
Via absinthius
“Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.”
Earl Wilson
58. Starry Snowy Night
Austria - the sky is alight and the mountain is on fire.
59. Delicate Winter
Via maisonsblanches.tumblr.com
I feel pretty, so pretty ...
60. And Not so Delicate
Via LANDSCAPES
As sharp as a sword.
61. Lapland
Via Lappland 3
Could this be where Santa Claus keeps his reindeer?
62. Falun, Sweden
Via Snowhut ~ Falun Sweden 2010
Distant sun
63. Nature's Embroidery
Via izismile.com
Whether you like spiders or not, their webs are masterpieces of intricacy.
64. Tibet
Via sj.zol.com.cn
The majesty of the Himalayas.
65. Winter Lake
Via huttehuttehutte.tumblr.com
“Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.”
Bill Watterson
66. Patagonia, Argentina
Via flickr.com
Ice rocks
67. Now That’s Frozen...
Via ** SnOw**
Wowser!
68. Rocky Mountains, Colorado
Via Towards The Light -- Rocky ...
Dawn during a winter storm.
69. Sagauro National Park, Arizona
Via Winter's Snow - Saguaro National ...
A rare desert snow storm.
70. Calgary, Canada
Via Snow in June
Worthy of a Japanese garden.
71. Stillness
Does it seem to you as if the tree is frozen in time?
72. Winter in the Country
Via Goody Palmer
There's something special about the weak sunlight in winter. Weak it may be but it still works its magic.
And here endeth the snowy scenes collection. Have you got the shivers now?
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