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1 / 65   (US 34)
Front Range Mountains
65 Photos north to south
Jul 01 2013 - 12:47 pm
2 / 65   (WY 130)
Medicine Bow Moutnains
Snowy Range
Jun 29 2013 - 3:48 pm
3 / 65   (WY 130)
Lake Marie
Almost first car after the snow cleared to Lake Marie
Jun 29 2013 - 4:12 pm
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White Quartzite
White Medicine Bow Quartzite composing the Snowy Range
Jun 29 2013 - 4:37 pm
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Cold Mountian Lake
Brrrrr.... that's cold, Dad
Jun 29 2013 - 4:14 pm
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Marsh Marigold
Marsh Marigold, first flower after the snow melts
Jun 29 2013 - 4:15 pm
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Snowy Range
Serious Photographer, as opposed to these photos
Jun 29 2013 - 4:48 pm
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WY 130
WY 130 winding past a mountain tarn near timberline
Jun 29 2013 - 4:44 pm
9 / 65   (CO 14)
Nokhu Crags
Nokhu Crags
Jun 30 2013 - 1:53 pm
10 / 65   (CO 14)
Mt. Richthofen
Mt. Richthofen (12,940') anchoring the north end of the Never Summer Range
Jun 30 2013 - 2:01 pm
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Never Summer Range
Never Summer Range
Jun 30 2013 - 4:56 pm
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Nonchalant Moose
Nonchalant moose backed up traffic a quarter mile (still munching when we got there)
Jun 30 2013 - 1:39 pm
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Parkview Mountain
Parkview Mounatian (12,296'), highest peak in the Rabbit Ears Range
May 20 2020 - 1:50 pm
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Comanche Peak
Comanche Peak (12,702'), northernmost peak of the Mummy Range
Jun 30 2013 - 1:37 pm
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Ypsilon Mountains
Mummy Range in Rocky Mountain National Park (from left) Mt. Chapin (12,454'), Mt. Chiquita (13,069'), Ypsilon Mountain (13,514'), Fairchild Mountain (13,502'), and Hagues Peak (13,560', at far right)
Hagues Peak was the first of my 103 ascents of Colorado mountains over 12,000', more than 90 at Cheley Camps as a teenager
Jul 01 2013 - 11:53 am
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Mt. Chiquita
Telephoto, five minutes later (afternoon storms develop rapidly)
Jul 01 2013 - 11:58 am
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Shadow Mountain Reservoir
Special lighting of Ptarmigan Mountain (12,324') and Andrews Peak (12,565') over Shadow Mountain Reservior
Jun 30 2013 - 4:11 pm
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Trail Ridge Road
First attempt at Trail Ridge Road (could barely see the car 20 feet ahead of us, road along unseen cliffs)
Jun 30 2013 - 5:27 pm
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Estes Park
Peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park the next morning
Jul 01 2013 - 8:29 am
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Circle Peaks
Circle Peaks: a glacial mega cirque (after my travel mate finally got ready by noon)
Jul 01 2013 - 12:09 pm
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Glacial Features
Glacial Features
Jul 01 2013 - 12:09 pm
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Circle Peaks
Circle Peaks
Jul 01 2013 - 12:09 pm
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Never Summer Range
Never Summer Range over Miocene volcanoes (middle ground) from Trail Ridge Road
Jul 01 2013 - 12:14 pm
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Gaia's Favorite Form

Jul 01 2013 - 12:16 pm
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Tetrahedra
Whether massive or miniscule
Jul 01 2013 - 12:18 pm
26 / 65   (Beaver Creek Turnoff)
RMNP Flower Garden
Flower Garden in Beaver Creek Picnic Area
Jul 01 2013 - 1:00 pm
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RMNP Flowerse
15 flowers within 15 feet
Jul 01 2013 - 1:01 pm
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Trail Ridge Road
Trail Ridge Road
Jul 01 2013 - 12:39 pm
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US 34
Granite spire
Jul 01 2013 - 12:23 pm
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Volcano
Volcano in front of Never Summer Range
Jul 01 2013 - 12:19 pm
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Granite Slope
Valley slopes in granite carved by glaciers
Jul 01 2013 - 12:41 pm
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Timberline
Timberline: 10,500' on south drier slopes, 11,500' on north wetter slopes
Jul 01 2013 - 12:13 pm
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Hayden Spire
Hayden Spire (12,480') pushing up the clouds
Jul 01 2013 - 12:37 pm
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Elk Herd
Herd of elk does
Jul 01 2013 - 1:32 pm
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Definition of Elk Family
Definitions of an Elk Family
Jun 30 2013 - 4:41 pm
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Hayden Spire
Circle Peaks
Jul 01 2013 - 12:42 pm
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Zumie's Thumb
Zumie's Thumb on Long Peak and a foreground interloper
Jun 30 2013 - 6:21 pm
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Long Peak
Long Peak (14,259' right) and twin peaks of Mt. Meeker (13,911' left) two highsest peaks in RMNP
Jun 30 2013 - 7:43 pm
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Estes Park Mt. Olympus
Estes Park
Jul 01 2013 - 2:31 pm
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Twin Sister, Estes Park
Twin Sisters (11,427' both twins) (I grew to love the Colorado Rockies while at Cheley Camps on Twin Sisters north flank)
Jun 30 2013 - 7:28 pm
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Big Thompson Canyon
Photo taken July 1, captioned on August 9 September 12 of that year Big Thompson River flooded once again
Jul 01 2013 - 3:01 pm
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Indian Peaks Range
Indian Peaks Range south of RMNP (tint is from Amtrak windows)
Nov 20 2018 - 4:32 pm
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Torreys and Grays Peaks
Torreys Peak (14,267', left) and Gray Peak (14,270', right) over the Blue River Valley
Apr 06 2017 - 3:55 pm
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Torreys and Grays Peaks
In different weather
Dec 21 2016 - 3:35 pm
45 / 65   (I 70)
Front Range
Front Range
Nov 30 2017 - 4:14 pm
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I 70 Closed by Snow
I 70 closed by snow
Jan 08 2017 - 3:19 pm
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Eisenhower Tunnel
Sometimes clear to Eisenhower Tunnel
Nov 12 2019 - 12:34 pm
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US 6
US 6 far below up and over Loveland Pass on US 6
Apr 06 2017 - 2:42 pm
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Perfect Sine Curves
Perfect Sine Curves
Apr 06 2017 - 2:54 pm
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Snow Cover Ridge
Snow covered ridge crest near Loveland Pass
Apr 06 2017 - 2:43 pm
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Loveland Pass
Loveland Pass
Nov 30 2017 - 3:39 pm
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Expert Skiers
Expert skiers only; Great Pyrenees allowed
Nov 30 2017 - 3:40 pm
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Arapahoe Basin
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area
Apr 06 2017 - 2:28 pm
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Ten Mile Range
Ten Mile Range
Apr 06 2017 - 3:19 pm
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Front Range
The rest of the Front Range on I 70 is a long slope to the:
Nov 12 2019 - 12:46 pm
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Great Plains
Great Plains
Nov 12 2019 - 1:10 pm
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Pikes Peak
Pikes Peak from Cucharas Pass
Nov 27 2020 - 11:42 am
58 / 65   (Skyline Drive)
Wet Mountains
Wet Mountains beyond Cañon City
May 13 2013 - 7:27 pm
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Dinosaurs
Road sign about dinosaur tracks
May 13 2013 - 7:15 pm
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Dinosaur Tracks
Dinosaur tracks on Dakota Sandstone Hogback uplift of the Front Range
May 13 2013 - 7:18 pm
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Dinosaur Tracks
Close up of dinosaur tracks
May 13 2013 - 7:19 pm
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Skyline Drive
Your wrong, Señor Columbus, there is an end of the world
May 13 2013 - 7:24 pm
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Royal Gorge
Royal Gorge cut by the Arkansas River through the northern Wet Mountains
May 13 2013 - 6:36 pm
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Greenhorn Mountain
Greenhorn Mountain at the south end of the Wet Mountains (often confused with Pikes Peak, the next snow-capped mountain north on I 25)
Nov 27 2020 - 10:46 am
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Spanish Peaks
Spanish Peaks southernmost 'Front Ranges' in Colorado
Nov 27 2020 - 11:15 am