I was talking to my mom on the phone a few days ago, and she seemed very surprised by how close we live to the mountains. We live really, really close to the mountains. As in, less than 30 minutes from a ski resort. We even have a great view of the mountains from our balcony. Here's a picture of what that view USUALLY looks like (more or less):


That's actually the view from the "village" we live right next to. However, for the past three days, the mountains have been completely obstructed by very ominous, gray clouds. It finally rained here yesterday! The first time since we moved in July. And supposedly, upper elevations around us got pretty heavy snows, so I'm hoping that when the clouds finally clear (tomorrow maybe? I hope!), our view will look something like this: