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Colorado State Road 133
47 Slides
including Kebler Pass Road and its continuation south at Crested Butte on CO 135
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CO 133
North End of CO 133
CO 82 in Carbondale
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Mount Sopris
Mount Sopris (12,660') (northernmost of the West Elk Mountains)
Feb 26 2017 - 3:03 pm
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Granodiorite Cores
Mount Sopris and other West Elk Mountains are cored by granodiorite (many are laccoliths intruded about 30,000,000 years ago)
Feb 26 2017 - 3:03 pm
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Redstone Coke Ovens
90 of 249 Coke Ovens preserved as an Pitkin County Historic District
Feb 26 2017 - 3:27 pm
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Spring Melt Waterfall
Falls to the Crystal River (spring snow melt, dry the rest of the year)
May 12 2019 - 4:00 pm
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Hays Creek Falls
Frozen Hays Creek Falls (at the end of February)
Feb 26 2017 - 3:32 pm
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Hays Creek Falls
A Month and Year Later
Mar 30 2018 - 3:16 pm
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Seepage
Seepage on Top of Mesa Verde Sandstone
Feb 26 2017 - 3:35 pm
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West Elk Loop Scenic Byway
West Elk Mountains Ahead
Jun 27 2017 - 1:30 pm
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CO 133
Headed Up McClure Pass
Feb 26 2017 - 3:42 pm
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Elk Mountain
Elk Mountain (11,826' left) and the right arm of the chair of Chair Mountain
May 12 2019 - 4:11 pm
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Crystal River Valley
Crystal River Valley (looking downstream, Mount Sopris in background)
May 12 2019 - 4:20 pm
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West Elk Mountains
Northern West Elk Mountains from Mount Sopris (left) to Chair Mountain (right)
May 12 2019 - 4:27 pm
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Chair Mountain
Chair Mountain (12,781')
May 12 2019 - 4:28 pm
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Upper Crystal River
Elk Mountain and Upper Crystal River Valley
May 12 2019 - 4:28 pm
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McClure Pass
McClure Pass
May 12 2019 - 4:32 pm
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Chair Mountain
Chair Mountain and north end of the Raggeds
May 12 2019 - 4:55 pm
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The Raggeds
The Raggeds
Feb 26 2017 - 4:29 pm
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Raggeds Peak
Raggeds Peak (12,650')
Feb 26 2017 - 4:29 pm
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Marcellina Mountain
Marcellina Mountain (11,348')
Feb 26 2017 - 4:38 pm
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Paonia Reservoir
The Raggeds from Paonia Reservior
Feb 26 2017 - 4:50 pm
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Telephoto of Raggeds
Telephoto
May 12 2019 - 5:26 pm
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Gravel Road
Gravel Road to Crested Butte (open from early June to mid to late October)
Jan 13 2020 - 4:37 pm
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Kebler Pass Road
Gunnison County Road 12 (Kebler Pass Road)
turn east just south of Paonia Reservoir
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Marcellina Mountain
Fluted north face of Marcellina Mountain (typical laccolith of the West Elk Mountains)
Jun 27 2017 - 2:45 pm
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Granodiorite Grooves
Close Up of Granite Glacial Grooves on Marcellina Mountain
Jun 27 2017 - 3:00 pm
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Between Intrusive Fins
A Groove (maybe the fins are related to granite intrusion along cracks in the host rock)
Jun 27 2017 - 2:44 pm
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Beckwith Peaks
East and West Beckwith Peaks
Jun 27 2017 - 2:37 pm
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Wildlflowers
wildflowers everywhere along the roadside
Jun 27 2017 - 3:10 pm
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Colorado State Flower
Sky Blue Columbine (Colorado State Flower)
Jun 27 2017 - 3:24 pm
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Ruby Range
Ruby Range
Jun 27 2017 - 3:44 pm
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Ruby Peak
Ruby Peak (12,644') and the Dyke from the West
Jun 27 2017 - 4:00 pm
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Anthracite Range
Ohio Peak (12,271') and the Anthracite Range (baked coal from heat of the granite intrusions)
Jun 27 2017 - 3:17 pm
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Kebler Pass
Kebler Pass
Jun 27 2017 - 4:23 pm
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Ruby Peak and The Dike
Ruby Peak and the Dike from the East
Jun 27 2017 - 4:25 pm
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CO 133
Back to CO 133 (south from Paonia Reservior)
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Mt. Gunnison
Mt. Gunnison (12,719')
May 12 2019 - 4:59 pm
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Mt. Gunnison Telephoto
Telephoto
May 12 2019 - 4:59 pm
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Coal Mine
Coal Mine in Mesa Verde Formation
Jun 27 2017 - 1:45 pm
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Somerset, CO
Somerset, CO
Jun 27 2017 - 1:40 pm
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Martians?
Marching Martians? (ala H.G. Wells, War of the Worlds)
Jun 27 2017 - 1:44 pm
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North Fork Gunnison River
North Fork Gunnison River Valley (coal everywhere)
Jun 27 2017 - 1:32 pm
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Ranch Gate
Ranch Entrance near Hotchkiss
Jun 04 2017 - 7:20 pm
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Dancing Elephants
Dancing Elephants in Hotchkiss
Jun 04 2017 - 6:08 pm
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Land End Peak
Lands End Peak (10,806') at Sunset (southernmost of the granite-cored West Elk Mountains)
May 15 2013 - 8:36 pm
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Hotchkiss, CO
South End of CO 133
(CO 92 in Hotchkiss)