Leaden skies that could have posed for one of Mr. Turner’s seascapes hang over the moraine. The clouds brighten above Thunder Mountain and diffused light injects the clouds with pastel pinks and yellows. Sunlight breaks through and hits the glacier and the slopes of Mt. McGinnis, making them, for a moment, bright white. Minutes later the gray monopoly returns.

Aki ignores the sky drama. She is too busy charging up and down the trail. The dog does love snow.