Shutlingsloe rises above the snowy moorland of the western Peak District as the first sunlight reaches the hills. The winter landscape around Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough is transformed by a light covering of snow, while warm sunrise tones develop across the distant slopes.
The photograph looks towards Shutlingsloe, the prominent hill on the Derbyshire border often known as the Cheshire Matterhorn. The combination of open moorland, snow and low winter light gives the scene a quiet, expansive quality, with the changing colours drawing attention to the contours of the landscape.
This Shutlingsloe print recalls the familiar paths and open views around Macclesfield Forest in a very different season. It captures a brief winter moment when snow and sunrise bring a particularly calm and atmospheric character to the Peak District landscape.


















