Picture: Cody Townsend/Instagram
For a lot of us, winter is a season of gloom, drizzle and depressingly dark mornings. But for people who spend most of their time in the snow, it’s a season of beauty.
We scoured Instagram to find some of the best winter inspiration out there – and if it doesn’t make you want to invest in some snow shoes and take up Nordic skiing, we don’t know what will.
Cody Townsend
Professional skier Cody Townsend is so used to heavy snow that he doesn’t need his tent to be made of highly technical waterproof material – “Gore-Tex, Schmore-Tex” in his words. Instead, this pro blizzard-battler chose a tent adorned with some of the best superheroes, and channeled a superpower of his own: self-warming feet. You wouldn’t catch us without boots on in those Arctic climes.
Mark Sollors
Compared with these “snow ghosts”, your snowman probably looks a bit feeble. Snowboarder Mark Sollors came across some ghostly stacks of snow in British Columbia while filming a movie for Burton Snowboards. Somehow, we think the one we build in the garden (as soon as we even get a sprinkling of snow) won’t match these.
Ryan Creary
Mountain sports photographer Ryan Creary snapped this photo of a man called Per in Japan, with some very frosty-looking dreadlocks. Wet hair will freeze and possibly snap in any temperatures below freezing, but providing Per kept his dreads dry, there’s every chance he escaped this blizzard with a full head of locks.
Cristoffer Collin
Swedish photographer Christoffer Collin makes the most of the changing Scandinavian light to capture a mixture of snow-covered landscapes and striking sunsets like this one. A browse on his Instagram will make you want to snuggle up in a lodge that’s been exclusively furnished with minimalist IKEA items.
Sascha Estens
Wyoming-based videographer Sascha Estens often posts impressive, starry vistas like this on her Instagram. If you don’t live in Jackson Hole, you can still try your hand at a star shot like this – all you need is a clear evening sky and a camera with a decent night mode. We can’t help with the mountains, though. Sorry.
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