Sangre de Cristo Range

1 / 39 (CO 96)

May 14 2013 - 4:13 pm

2 / 39 (CO 96)

"Sangre de Cristo" in English is "Blood of Christ" named for red color of the ubiquitous pre-Cambrian Sangre de Critso Quartize
May 14 2013 - 4:43 pm

3 / 39 (US 50)

Paved roads with views of the Sangres, brief view of Bushnell Peak (13,110') from US 50
Nov 27 2020 - 12:49 pm

4 / 39 (US 285)

Abundant views along US 285 of the western Sangres
Nov 05 2020 - 5:35 pm

5 / 39 (CO 69)

Abundant views along CO 69 of the eastern Sangres
Nov 27 2020 - 12:03 pm

6 / 39 (CO 96)

Brief views along CO 96 of the central Sangres
May 14 2013 - 4:41 pm

7 / 39 (CO 12)

Abundant views along CO 12 of the southern Sangres in Colorado
Nov 27 2020 - 9:04 am

8 / 39 (CO 12)

The next 19 pictures work their way north along the east side of the Sangres, first CO 12 then CO 69, photo shows Trinidad coal in the Mesa Verde Formation at south end of CO 12
Nov 27 2020 - 8:38 am

9 / 39 (CO 12)

Dakota sandstone hogback of the eastern uplift of the Sangre de Cristo Range
Nov 27 2020 - 9:08 am

10 / 39 (CO 12)

Side view of the hogback
Nov 27 2020 - 9:10 am

11 / 39 (CO 12)

Purgatorie River draining the southern Sangres
Nov 27 2020 - 8:57 am

12 / 39 (CO 12)

Southern Sangre de Cristo Range
Nov 27 2020 - 8:48 am

13 / 39 (CO 12)

Culebra Peak (14,047' right)
Nov 27 2020 - 8:48 am

14 / 39 (CO 12)

Miranda Peak (13,468') at the head of Purgatorie Valley
Nov 27 2020 - 9:00 am

15 / 39 (CO 12)

Telephoto of Miranda Peak
Nov 27 2020 - 9:00 am

16 / 39 (CO 12)

West Spanish Peak (13,626')
Nov 27 2020 - 9:17 am

17 / 39 (CO 12)

Strange weathering on a Spanish Peak feeder dike
Nov 27 2020 - 9:56 am

18 / 39 (CO 12)

Spanish Peak famous dikes, not to be confused Dakota hogbacks
Nov 27 2020 - 9:56 am

19 / 39 (CO 12)

You can see Chicago skyscrapers from Walsenburg over the Great Plains (Sangres are the "Front Range" south of Walsenburg)
Nov 27 2020 - 2:03 pm

20 / 39 (CO 69)

Greenhorn Mountain at south end of the Wet Mountains (Wet Mountains are the "Front Range" north of Walsenburg)
Nov 27 2020 - 10:46 am

21 / 39 (CO 69)

Nine of ten 14ers of the Sangre de Cristos from the Blanca Peak Group of four, left, to the Crestone Group of five, right
Nov 27 2020 - 10:54 am

22 / 39 (CO 69)

Blanca Group: Blanca Peak (14,345'), Mt. Lindsey (14,042'), Ellingwood Point (14,042'), and Litte Bear Peak (14,037')
Nov 27 2020 - 11:24 am

23 / 39 (CO 69)

Crestone Group (right of center): Crestone Peak (14,294'), Crestone Needle (14, 197'), Kit Carson Mountain (14,165'), Challeger Point (14,080') and Humboldt Peak (14,064)
Nov 06 2020 - 11:35 am

24 / 39 (CO 69)

Crestone Peak (L), Crestone Needle (C), and Humboldt Peak (R)
Nov 27 2020 - 11:29 am

25 / 39 (CO 69)

Central Sangre de Cristo Range
Nov 27 2020 - 11:41 am

26 / 39 (CO 69)

Glacial pyramids including Spread Eagle Peak (13,423', right)
Nov 27 2020 - 11:39 am

27 / 39 (CO 69)

Brief view of the Sawatch Range before plunging into Texas Creek Canyon
Nov 27 2020 - 12:18 pm

28 / 39 (CO 17)

Blanca Peak in sunlight, rest in cloud shadows, shifting to San Luis valley and the west slope of the Sangres
Jul 23 2018 - 6:33 pm

29 / 39 (Gloria's)

I spent some time with Gloria, a new frontierswoman who built a sturdy cabin 10 miles north of Moffat CO a mile from A Road
A Road connects C0 17 and US 285 both strait as an arrow for more than 75 miles; shorter by 10 miles the strait section of US 285 is known locally as the "Gunbarrel"
Sep 09 2017 - 11:53 am

30 / 39 (Gloria's)