During the winter, when trees are bare and grass is brown, it’s a good time to concentrate on photographing birds and streams and waterfalls.  This morning I drove to Shenandoah National Park to hike to Rose River Falls, but when I arrived at the park’s entrance station I was disappointed to find the park road closed due to snow and ice conditions.  I remembered that another trail to Whiteoak Canyon Falls started outside of the park boundary, so after spending 40 mins. Googling my iPhone for directions, I made the trip to the trailhead.

The hike was fairly strenuous, with steep, rocky terrain covered in snow and ice much of the time, but the scenery was a great reward.  The streams and waterfalls along the way still had good water levels and there were lots of opportunities for photography.