Sounkyo Gorge today

From early morning it is sunny in Sounkyo.
The top of gorge got rime.
It’s so beautiful.
Please look at the picture, horns of deer glow on snow.
There are many animals foot print around those horns. (maybe fox or ezo sable)
We guess that this deer fell down from the cliff and died.
After that Raptor came to eat it.
We took this photo in central of Kamikawa town.
This year we have less snow than last year.
So it is hard to walk on the snow with snowshoes.
Because Bamboo grass is not covered with snow.
Once wolf was an enemy for deer.
But now humanand snow are enemies.
Deep snow is very hard for deer’s thin legs.
Less snow is also hard.
Amount of snow fall is as same as last year.
But the snow accumulation is less than last year.
We guess high temperature and raining are reasons.