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Colorado State Road 14
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5 photos on cutoff road, 2 roads signs, 56 from CO 14
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CO 14
West end of CO 14 (US 40 at Rabbit Ears Pass)
Mar 23 2022 - 10:34 am
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Rabbit Ears Pass
Rabbit Ears Pass (near CO 14 turnoff on US 40)
Jul 13 2017 - 10:28 am
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Road Sign
First sign on CO 14
Mar 23 2022 - 10:35 am
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View of CO 14
Early view from CO 14 (not much scenery)
Mar 23 2022 - 10:35 am
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Park Range
Then the Park Range comes into view
Jun 30 2013 - 2:31 pm
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Park Range
In evening light
Mar 23 2022 - 4:31 am
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Park Range
Southern end of the Park Range
Mar 23 2022 - 4:34 pm
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Park Range
Blowing snow off peaks in the Park Range
Mar 23 2022 - 4:41 pm
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Park Range
Telephoto
Jun 30 2013 - 2:31 pm
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Grizzly Creek
Grizzly Creek headwaters
Mar 23 2022 - 10:49 am
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Park Range
Park Range to the west
Mar 23 2022 - 11:00 am
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Medicine Bow Range
Medicine Bow Range to the east
Mar 23 2022 - 11:01 am
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Rawah Peaks
Tallest peaks in the Medicine Bow Mountains: North and South Rawah Peaks (12,644', left pair) and Clark Peak (12,951', right most peak)
Mar 23 2022 - 4:26 pm
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Clark Peak
Clark Peak behind the North Park oil field
Mar 23 2022 - 11:05 am
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Medicine Bow Mountains
Medicine Bow Mountains
Mar 23 2022 - 11:11 am
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Park Range
Left on industrial road for a morning view of the Park Range
Mar 23 2022 - 11:14 am
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Rawah Peaks
Rawah Peaks
Mar 23 2022 - 11:14 am
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Illinois River
Illinois River terrace
Mar 23 2022 - 11:27 am
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Medicine Bow Range
CO 14 on both sides of Walden: views of the Medicine Bow Mountains
Mar 23 2022 - 11:27 am
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Never Summer Range
Never Summer Range south of the Medicine Bows
Mar 23 2022 - 11:34 am
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CO 14 Cutoff
CO 14 cutoff
Jackson Co. 27, State Road CO 125 and Jackson Co. 34 across leg of equilateral triangle formed by CO 14 in North Park
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Jackson Co Rd 34
Jackson Co. 34
Mar 23 2022 - 11:42 am
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New Copper Roof
Brand new copper roof (not having time to oxize green)
Mar 23 2022 - 11:46 am
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Mt. Zirkel
Mt. Zirkel (12,180') in July from CO 125
Jul 13 2017 - 12:20 pm
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Flowers Along Roads
Always time to notice the flowers along the roadside
Jun 30 2013 - 1:06 pm
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Jackson Co Rd 27
Jackson Co. 27
Jun 30 2013 - 2:31 pm
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Walden, CO
Walden (the point opposite cutoff leg of equilateral triangle)
Mar 23 2022 - 11:40 am
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Walden, CO
Downtown Walden
Mar 23 2022 - 11:42 am
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Colorado Scenic Byway
Colorado Scenic Byway (attached to a parking sign [multiple use of signposts]
Mar 23 2022 - 11:46 am
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Scenery
Scenic view along the Scenic Byway
Mar 23 2022 - 4:17 pm
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Mt. Richthofen
Nokhu Crags (12,490' left); Mt. Richthofen (12,940' center) anchoring the north end of the Never Summer Range
Mar 23 2022 - 11:58 am
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Rawah Peaks
Rawah Peaks still visible until the next turn
Mar 23 2022 - 12:01 pm
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Nokhu Crags
Approaching the Nokhu Crags
Mar 23 2022 - 12:13 pm
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Nokhu Crags
Nokhu Crags in March
Mar 23 2022 - 4:05 pm
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Nokhu Crags
Nokhu Crags in June
Jun 30 2013 - 2:00 pm
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Mancos Shale
Mancos Shale forms the Nokhu Crags (capping this mountain rather than forming valleys)
Mar 23 2022 - 4:00 pm
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North Park Scenic Byway
View from North Park Scenic Byway
Mar 23 2022 - 12:19 pm
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Mt. Richthofen
Mt. Richthofen in June
Jun 30 2013 - 2:01 pm
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Mt. Richthofen
Mt. Richthofen in March
Mar 23 2022 - 4:08 pm
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Diamond Peaks
Diamond Peaks (11,858')
Mar 23 2022 - 4:06 pm
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Static Peak
Static Peak (12,571', north end of Never Summer Range)
Mar 23 2022 - 4:04 pm
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Mt. Richthofen
Nokhu Crags and Mt. Richthofen
Mar 23 2022 - 4:10 pm
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Cameron Pass
Cameron Pass
Mar 23 2022 - 12:26 pm
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Park Range
Last of the Park Range before plunging into Cache La Poudre Canyon
Jun 30 2013 - 1:31 pm
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Cache La Poudre Canyon
The canyon
Mar 23 2022 - 12:39 pm
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Cache La Poudre River
Carved by the Cache La Pourdre River
Mar 23 2022 - 12:41 pm
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Large Clasts
Cache La Pourdre River is able to move large boulders
Mar 23 2022 - 2:40 pm
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Forest Fire
Forest fires in 2012 and 2020 burned much the Cache La Pourdre watershed
Mar 23 2022 - 12:43 pm
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Front Range
Cache La Poudre River cuts through the center of the Front Range uplift
Mar 23 2022 - 12:45 pm
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God's Sculpture
Eroded into shapes of pure granite (no human sculptures are as good as God's sculptures)
Mar 23 2022 - 3:19 pm
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Granite Spires
Granite spires
Mar 23 2022 - 12:50 pm
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Tilted Granite Spires
Spires tilted along cracks in the rock
Mar 23 2022 - 2:50 pm
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Fratures
As shown by fractured flat surfaces
Mar 23 2022 - 2:29 pm
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Granite Hills
Granite hills along the river where it spreads out
Mar 23 2022 - 1:08 pm
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Granite Canyon Walls
Granite canyon walls for most of 91 miles of Cache La Poudre Canyon (this is a typical claustrophobic view)
Mar 23 2022 - 1:22 pm
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Moose
Nonchalant moose back-uped traffic on a busy holiday weekend
Jun 30 2013 - 1:39 pm
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CO 14 Tunnel
Tunnel
Mar 23 2022 - 2:53 pm
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Moderate Burns
Moderate burning level according to the Forest Service
Mar 23 2022 - 2:59 pm
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Orthoganal
Burned trees and evening shadows
Mar 23 2022 - 3:43 pm
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Sleeping Elephant
"Sleeping Elephant" from the prefect perspective
Mar 23 2022 - 3:41 pm
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Dakota Hogback
Dakota Sandstone hogback marks end of the Rockies, therefore the end of Cache La Poudre Canyon and slides for CO 14
Mar 23 2022 - 1:52 pm
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US 287
US 287: CO 14 continues to Julesburg (turned around at the first gas station toward Ft. Collins and repeated my route back to Palisade)
Mar 23 2022 - 1:47 pm