The last vestiges of the sun splash across Mt. Hood to cast a slightly orange alpineglow. That large snow area at the lower end of the mountain is the Palmer Snow Field, about the only place in the northern hemisphere one can ski all year long. If you click on the thumbnail to get the full-sized version, you can see a tiny dot, which is a snow plow working to ready the field for the next day's skiing. Timberline Lodge, Oregon; September, 2008.