Open the picture and you will see Mt. Rushmore in the background.
This picture and the following are from our hike up Mt. Coolidge.
From the top looking toward Rapid City which is covered with freezing fog (rime ice). Temperature dropped 16 degrees on our return.
You can pull off the highway and get this view of Rushmore on the approach.
Sunshine and no people. This isn't a bad time of year to visit the Black Hills. If the sun is out the weather will be comfortable due to low humidity.
I'm thinking the trail is closed because of the ice covering it and there is no one to rescue you if you fall and hurt yourself.
Frozen fog made for some very pretty morning pictures. I was out by a little after 7:00 to catch these pictures.
Our yard grasses with some close-ups.
Looking down Twilight St. to the west as the sun begins to hit the tops of the trees.
Just west of Custer, SD is this wonderful trail. We had driven down to do a snowshoe hike at Jewel Cave National Park forgetting the shut down would close the park. Drove west a few miles and found this gem of a trail. We didn't need our snowshoes.
Heading into the canyon and back to where the CCC camp was set up during the Depression years while the corps members worked on Jewel Cave.
The spring box was built by the CCC to maintain a solid water supply. It's about 3' deep inside the concrete box so water was always available.
Yes, cross country skiers also use this area. A reminder, the sky often looks like this in SoDak, low humidity gives us beautiful blue skies. 
