Thank you, pomtzu! And yes, tourists usually say it's a nice area, so I guess it is...

Karen, you're right about the snow reflecting the remaining light, this is why I was waiting for it to take these pictures. Had to work with exposure latitudes, though. The longest exposure time in some of the pictures where 2 minutes and 20 seconds! Of course it's impossible to do this without a tripod. I used mine a lot lately!