Central Park white out – 12/14/25

I have been photographing Central Park for over 40 years.

 

Every winter I wish for one good snow day so that I can visit the park and capture its beauty.

Since we rarely have snow in December, and we haven’t had much the past few years,  I was a bit skeptical when the weather reports predicted snow last Sunday.

But, it did snow.

And, when I arrived at the park, I was truly stunned. 

Crossing 5^th Avenue was like entering a mystical portal to a frozen winter wonderland.

Since I was on the UES I could hear all the locals saying the same thing – I have never seen the park look like this.

My best guess is that the overnight/early morning sleet coated the branches, so when snow started to fall it stuck.

And while it was still snowing when I arrived, it stopped soon after and then the sun came in and out in some weird ways.

I think that the only one who enjoyed the day more than me, was this young lady – who shrieked with joy every time she went down the hill on her sled.  Too cute.

Here’s a blog from February 2014, which was the only other time that we came this close to peak pretty…

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2014/02/central-park-february-3-2014.html

Cheers!

PJ

 

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