The snowy forests outside the moving train appeared dark and foreboding in places.

A lack of wind cause the snow covered trees to pose without movement.

Gray clouds hung low over snow wrapped trees in a dark forest.

Space next to the train tracks widened allowing this view of a low snow-covered hill.

Where the trees grew tightly enough together, they formed a wall of snow and green textures.

A short video showing the snow covered forest rushing past the moving train.

Eventually the clouds cleared and the sky became blue again.

A tangle of tiny to thick limbs grew close to the train tracks.

Tall, tapered, evergreen trees grew skyward on a nearly cloudless day.

Eventually the forest opened up alongside the train, allowing a view down into the snow wrapped forest.

A broken tree created deadfall next to the tracks. Snow obscured the dead fall.

A grove of leafless trees created a tangle of limbs in front of snow.

Lower in the mountains the snow melted during the day and flowed as water. At night that water froze into the ice seen here.

The train traveled lower through the mountains, below the snow at last, but still with a view of snow-bound trees in the distance.