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Colorado State Road 12
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up the Purgatorie River then around the Spanish Peaks
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Colorado State Road 12
CO 12 is west extension of CO 10
at I-25

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Highway of Legends
Highway of Legends Scenic Byway
Nov 27 2020 - 8:21 am
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Coal Deposits
Trinidad coal country (Mesa Verde Formation)
Nov 27 2020 - 8:38 am
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Cloudy Weather
Clouds covering the Sangre de Cristos in southernmost Colorado
Nov 27 2020 - 8:41 am
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Sangre de Cristo Range
Clear view
Nov 27 2020 - 8:48 am
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Cucharas Peak
Cucharas Peak (14,047' right)
Nov 27 2020 - 8:48 am
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Red Mountain
Red Mountain (13,908')
Nov 27 2020 - 8:48 am
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Purgartorie River
Purgatorie River
Nov 27 2020 - 8:57 am
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Miranda Peak
Miranda Peak (13,468')
Nov 27 2020 - 9:00 am
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Miranda Peak
Telephoto
Nov 27 2020 - 9:00 am
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Miranda Peak
Closer
Nov 27 2020 - 9:00 am
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CO 12
Lots of road views of the Sangre de Cristo Range
Nov 27 2020 - 9:04 am
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Dakota Hogback
Dakota Sandstone hogback flanking Cucharas Peak (14,047')
Nov 27 2020 - 9:08 am
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Ranch
Mountain ranch
Nov 27 2020 - 9:09 am
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Dakota Hogback
Side view of the hogback
Nov 27 2020 - 9:10 am
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Cucharas Pass
Cucharas Pass
between Purgatorie and Cucharas rivers, both tributaries to the Arkansas, Cucharas via the Huerfano
Nov 27 2020 - 9:32 am
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West Spanish Peak
West Spanish Peak (13,626')
Nov 27 2020 - 9:17 am
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West Spanish Peak
From the west
Nov 27 2020 - 9:36 am
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Volcanic Feeder Dikes
Feeder dikes from the Spanish Peaks intrusive volcanoes
Nov 27 2020 - 9:38 am
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Sangre de Cristos
Last look at the Sangres before clouds set in
Nov 27 2020 - 9:38 am
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Weathering
Strange rocks
Nov 27 2020 - 9:56 am
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Feeder Dike
Feeder dike
Nov 27 2020 - 9:56 am
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East Spanish Peak
East Spanish Peak (12,683') above the clouds
Nov 27 2020 - 9:58 am
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Great Plains
Cloudy over the Great Plains
Nov 27 2020 - 10:07 am
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Colorado State Road 12
North end of CO 12 (10 miles west of Walsenburg)