Ahh, yes, me thinks that you are correct! I have really fond memories of winter camping right after a huge storm in Upper Pines (in futile hope of photographing FireFall on Horsetail falls) and listening to ice cracking and avalanches all night long --- sooooo coool! Froggie and I practically had the valley to ourselves the next day.
(I took this picture so that I could make a backdrop for a do-it-yourself snowglobe!!)
