Icicles and ice at xmas

Another little side trip we did on this xmas - NY trip was to walk up Johnson Canyon - famous in the summer as a lovely cool spot - and famous in the winter for it's ice formations, frozen waterfalls and is a hot spot for ice climbers. It's only a short 1.1km walk up to the first waterfall - but on the snowy/icy path tat overhangs the canyon there's a few spots where you need to hang on to the guard rail - the tour groups a fitted out with crampon type attachments - like coiled contraptions that fit on the sole of your boots to stop you slipping - but a little unnecessary really. But the formations and the frozen waterfalls were absolutely spectacular - I took about a thousand photos! We did this same walk in the summer time (though went a little further upstream) and talk about a contrast - it was about plus 30 here in summer and is now about 30 below! Magical!