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Colorado State Road 114
57 Slides
Cochetopa Canyon, Cochetopa Park, Saguache Valley, Sangre de Cristo Range
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Haz Mat Prohibited
NW end of CO 114 at US 50 seven miles east of Gunnison (No Hazardous Material)
Nov 24 2020 - 9:38 am
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Pasture
Pasture in November
Nov 24 2020 - 9:41 am
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Same Herd
A year later (same Black Angus herd)
Nov 12 2021 - 12:06 pm
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False Canyon
Cochetopa Canyon?
Nov 12 2021 - 12:06 pm
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Cochetopa Canyon
Not yet (meandering Cochetopa Creek in middleground)
Nov 12 2021 - 12:06 pm
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Cochetopa Canyon
Cochetopa Canyon
Nov 12 2021 - 12:06 pm
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Volcanic Rocks
Same formation a year earlier
Nov 24 2020 - 10:02 am
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Cochetopa Park
Cliff forming volcanic rocks (fractured densely welded tuff)
Nov 24 2020 - 10:05 am
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Cochetopa Creek
Cochetopa Creek in the canyon
Nov 24 2020 - 10:04 am
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San Juan Volanoes
Ignimbrites (hot pyroclastic flows or nuee ardentes) from San Juan Volcanoes 15 miles away (Yellowstone scale eruptions)
Nov 14 2020 - 1:40 pm
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La Garita Mountains
Cochetopa Creek flowing into the canyon
Nov 14 2020 - 1:31 pm
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La Garita Mountains
La Garita Mountains and their massive caldera geology

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La Garita Mountains
from left: San Luis Peak (14,014'), Baldy Alto (13,698'), Stewart Peak (13,983'), and Baldy Chato (13,401')
Nov 12 2021 - 12:41 pm
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Snow Fence
Snow fence in front of Cochetopa Hills
Nov 12 2021 - 12:44 pm
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Hay Stack
Hay to tide the herd over the winter
Nov 14 2021 - 1:57 pm
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Phoenix Peak
Glacial cirques on Phoenix Peak (13,895', right) and ridge to La Garita Peak (13,710')
Nov 12 2021 - 12:47 pm
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San Luis Peak
San Luis Peak (14,014')
Nov 12 2021 - 12:48 pm
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La Garita Mountains
La Garita Mountains from Cochetopa Park
Nov 14 2021 - 12:39 pm
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County Road 14 NN
Saguache County Road NN 14

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Cochetopa Creek
Cochetopa Creek in Cochetopa Park
Nov 14 2021 - 12:19 pm
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Dome Lake SWA
Dome Lake State Wildlife Area (San Luis Peak in background)
Nov 14 2021 - 12:19 pm
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Original Dome Lake
Original Dome Lake (San Luis Peak in background)
Nov 14 2021 - 12:19 pm
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Cochetopa Creek
Cochetopa Creek above the lakes (upstream view towards the headwaters on San Luis Peak)
Nov 14 2021 - 12:19 pm
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Cochetopa Creek
Cochetopa Creek downstream toward replaced Dome Lake
Nov 14 2021 - 12:19 pm
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Road Sign
Road sign
Nov 14 2021 - 12:19 pm
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Road Sign
Sure sign of the west (rifled road signs) turnaround point
Nov 14 2021 - 12:19 pm
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Dome Lake
Dome Lake
Nov 14 2021 - 12:19 pm
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Cochetopa Dome
Cotchetopa Dome (11,132')
Nov 14 2021 - 12:19 pm
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Gravel Road
NN 14 is a 50 MPH road with lots of 20 MPH curves
Nov 14 2021 - 12:19 pm
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Irrigation
Irrigated Cochetopa Valley
Nov 14 2021 - 12:19 pm
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Sawatch Range
A quick glimpse at the Sawatch Range (NN 14 where it turns west, half-mile before CO 114)
Nov 14 2021 - 12:19 pm
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CO 114
Back to the highway

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Speed Limit 65 MPH
65 MPH ... Right ... !!
Nov 24 2020 - 10:16 am
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Snow
Then it started to snow
Nov 24 2020 - 10:22 am
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Blowing Snow
And blow
Nov 24 2020 - 10:29 am
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North Cochetopa Pass
I gotta get over the habit of driving over the Continental Divide in snowstorms

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North Cochetopa Pass
San Luis Peak from North Cochetopa Pass
Nov 14 2021 - 11:41 am
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Saguache Valley
Down from the pass into Saguache Valley
Nov 12 2021 - 1:04 pm
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Roadside Parking
Road side parking for interesting rocks
Sep 05 2017 - 4:14 pm
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Exfoliation
Exfoliated volcanics (moderately welded tuff)
Sep 05 2017 - 4:08 pm
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Saguache Valley
CO 114 into Saguache Valley
Sep 05 2017 - 4:13 pm
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Weather Tuff
Weathered tuff
Nov 12 2021 - 1:07 pm
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Telephoto
Telephoto of the weathered tuff (life will find a way)
Nov 14 2021 - 11:38 am
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Canyon
Canyon in tuff
Nov 12 2021 - 1:07 pm
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Palisade
Palisade (reminiscent US 50 east of Blue Mesa Dam)
Nov 14 2021 - 11:14 am
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Cirrus Clouds
Cirrus Clouds over Saguache Valley
Nov 14 2021 - 11:58 am
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Saguache Valley
Saguache Valley
Nov 12 2021 - 1:16 pm
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Sangre de Cristo Range
A glimpse at the Sangre de Cristo Range from CO 114
Nov 12 2021 - 1:13 pm
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Saguache Creek
San Juan volcanic rocks
Nov 14 2021 - 11:19 am
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Saguache, CO
Still snowing in Saguache, CO; 45 minutes later (the SE end of CO 114)
Nov 24 2020 - 11:04 am
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US 285
North (left) on US 285

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Sangre de Cristo Range
Sangre de Cristo Range (left Crestone Group of five 14ers; right Sierra Blanca Group of four 14ers)
Nov 12 2021 - 1:26 pm
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Fluted Peak
Appropriately named Fluted Peak (13,554') just north of the Crestone Group
Nov 12 2021 - 1:36 pm
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Sierra Blanca Group
Sierra Blanca Group
Nov 12 2021 - 1:27 pm
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Sangre de Cristos
Last photo for CO 114 (US 285): Sangre de Cristo Range (visible all the way to Poncha Pass)
Nov 05 2020 - 4:47 pm
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CO 17
CO 17 end of CO 114 - US 285
see CO 17 for US 285 continuing north to Poncha Pass (slides 2-7) and US 24 north to Fairplay (slides 25-51)