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![Colorado State Road 65](../../images/roads/co065-01.jpg)
90 slides (including 6 side roads: Debeque Cutoff, Roan Creek Road, CO 330, Buzzard Divide Road, Stevens Gulch Road, and Lands End Road)
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![I 70 North End of CO 65](../../images/roads/co065-02.jpg)
North End of CO 65, I 70 exit (in the deepest part of DeBeque Canyon)
May 29 2020 - 2:41 pm
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![Mesa Verde Sandstone](../../images/roads/co065-04.jpg)
Warrior shadow becomes a triceratops (appropriate because triceratops roamed Mesa Verda shores)
Jan 15 2020 - 4:42 pm
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![Mesa Verde Weathering](../../images/roads/co065-05.jpg)
Mesa Verde sandstone weathering
Jan 15 2020 - 4:38 pm
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![Plateau Creek](../../images/roads/co065-06.jpg)
End of Plateau Creek Canyon (left turns ahead on Debque Cutoff and CO 330)
Oct 29 2017 - 2:07 pm
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![Debeque Cutoff](../../images/roads/co065-07.jpg)
North on Debeque Cutoff
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![Wasatch Formation](../../images/roads/co065-08.jpg)
Wasatch Formation overlying Mesa Verde sandstones
May 29 2020 - 1:59 pm
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![Sandstone Surface](../../images/roads/co065-09.jpg)
Mesa Verde surface
May 05 2017 - 4:02 pm
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![Weathering](../../images/roads/co065-10.jpg)
Weathered Wasatch Sandstone
May 05 2017 - 3:47 pm
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![Madonna With Baby Jesus](../../images/roads/co065-11.jpg)
Madonna holding baby Jesus in swaddling?
May 05 2017 - 3:46 pm
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![Sandstone Spires](../../images/roads/co065-12.jpg)
Sandstone spires and buttes in the Wasatch Formation
May 05 2017 - 3:24 pm
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![Colorful Shale](../../images/roads/co065-13.jpg)
Colorful shale weathering of the Wasatch Formation
May 29 2020 - 2:17 pm
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![Beach Dune Cross Beds](../../images/roads/co065-14.jpg)
Beach dune cross beds in Mesa Verde sandstone
May 05 2017 - 3:29 pm
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![Roan Plateau](../../images/roads/co065-15.jpg)
Destination ahead: Roan Plateau and Roan Creek Valley (across the Colorado River)
May 29 2020 - 2:19 pm
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![Roan Creek Road](../../images/roads/co065-16.jpg)
Roan Creek Valley Road (continuation of Debeque Cutoff in Garfield County)
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![Piceance Basin](../../images/roads/co065-17.jpg)
Deep in the Piceance Basin (source of oil shale and other carbon sources)
May 05 2017 - 4:53 pm
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![Roan Creek](../../images/roads/co065-18.jpg)
Roan Creek to the left, Clear Creek to the right
May 05 2017 - 5:02 pm
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![Clear Creek](../../images/roads/co065-19.jpg)
Clear Creek Valley (private homes)
May 05 2017 - 5:14 pm
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![Riparian Green](../../images/roads/co065-20.jpg)
Riparian spring green
May 05 2017 - 5:22 pm
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![Irrigation Ditch](../../images/roads/co065-21.jpg)
Life blood of the west (irrigation ditches)
May 05 2017 - 5:41 pm
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![Roan Henge](../../images/roads/co065-22.jpg)
Roan Henge
May 05 2017 - 5:45 pm
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![Roan Creek Valley](../../images/roads/co065-23.jpg)
Roan Creek Valley in January
Jan 12 2018 - 12:34 pm
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![Roan Henge Mountain](../../images/roads/co065-24.jpg)
Roan Henge Mountain
Jan 12 2018 - 12:47 pm
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![Plowed Road](../../images/roads/co065-25.jpg)
Plowed road
Jan 12 2018 - 2:10 pm
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![Turnaround](../../images/roads/co065-26.jpg)
Turnaround point
Jan 12 2018 - 1:07 pm
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![Bronze Horses](../../images/roads/co065-27.jpg)
Herd of wild horses (bronze statues)
Jan 12 2018 - 2:06 pm
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![Wasatch Formation](../../images/roads/co065-28.jpg)
Colorful Wasatch Formation (same age rocks in Bryce Canyon)
May 05 2017 - 5:53 pm
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![Antique Hay Cutter](../../images/roads/co065-29.jpg)
Cutter (one of many antique farm implements displayed along the road for 200 yards)
May 05 2017 - 6:06 pm
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![Dry Creek Road](../../images/roads/co065-30.jpg)
Short trip up Dry Creek Road for a view of Mt. Logan (8,413')
Jun 30 2019 - 3:21 pm
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![Colorado State Road 330](../../images/roads/co065-31.jpg)
West on CO 330 (at the same intersection as Debeque Cutoff)
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![Plateau Creek Valley](../../images/roads/co065-32.jpg)
Plateau Creek Valley toward Collbran
May 04 2017 - 4:46 pm
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![Plateau Creek](../../images/roads/co065-33.jpg)
Plateau Creek leading up to Battlement Mesa (glacial outwash terraces form flats on both sides of the creek)
May 04 2017 - 4:41 pm
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![Grand Mesa](../../images/roads/co065-34.jpg)
Grand Mesa from the Peninsula above Collbran
Apr 13 2017 - 11:41 am
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![Elk Mountain](../../images/roads/co065-35.jpg)
Elk Mountain (12,061' highest point on Battlement Mesa)
May 04 2017 - 6:57 pm
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![Mud Hill Till](../../images/roads/co065-36.jpg)
Mud Hill Till at Mud Hill Pass (volcanic boulders with no uphill source)
May 04 2017 - 7:24 pm
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![Buzzard Divide Road](../../images/roads/co065-37.jpg)
South on Buzzard Divide Road (back 3 miles west of the pass)
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![Battlement Mesa](../../images/roads/co065-38.jpg)
Elk Mountain and Battlement Mesa
Jun 04 2017 - 1:54 pm
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![Grand Mesa](../../images/roads/co065-39.jpg)
Grand Mesa from Buzzard Creek Valley
May 05 2017 - 5:56 pm
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![Buzzard Creek](../../images/roads/co065-40.jpg)
Buzzard Creek
Jun 04 2017 - 2:22 pm
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![Mountains Ranch](../../images/roads/co065-41.jpg)
High country ranch
Oct 29 2017 - 3:56 pm
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![Buzzard Divide](../../images/roads/co065-42.jpg)
Colorado River - Gunnison River divide
Jun 04 2017 - 3:11 pm
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![Mountain View](../../images/roads/co065-43.jpg)
Different scenery beyond the pass
Jun 04 2017 - 3:20 pm
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![West Elk Mountains](../../images/roads/co065-44.jpg)
The West Elk Mountains
Jun 04 2017 - 3:46 pm
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![Chair Mountain](../../images/roads/co065-45.jpg)
Chair Mountain (12,721')
Jun 04 2017 - 4:16 pm
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![Muddy Creek](../../images/roads/co065-46.jpg)
Muddy Creek
Oct 29 2017 - 3:42 pm
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![Beaver](../../images/roads/co065-47.jpg)
Beaver
Oct 29 2017 - 4:59 pm
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![Road Sign](../../images/roads/co065-48.jpg)
Road sign in the middle of nowhere
Oct 29 2017 - 4:42 pm
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![Stevens Gulch Road](../../images/roads/co065-49.jpg)
Stevens Gulch Road to Paonia
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![Elk Mountains](../../images/roads/co065-50.jpg)
Elk Mountains (l-r): Capitol Pk (14,130'), Snowmass Mtn (14,017'), Maroon Pks (14,156', 14,014')
Oct 29 2017 - 4:45 pm
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![Capitol Peak](../../images/roads/co065-51.jpg)
Close up of Capitol Peak (14,130')
Oct 29 2017 - 4:50 pm
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![Moon Rise](../../images/roads/co065-52.jpg)
Half moon rising over Marcellina Mountain (11,348') and the West Elk Mountains
Oct 29 2017 - 5:23 pm
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![Chair Mountain](../../images/roads/co065-53.jpg)
Chair Mountain (12,721') and the Raggeds topped by Raggeds Peak (12,641')
Oct 29 2017 - 4:23 pm
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![Mt. Gunnison](../../images/roads/co065-54.jpg)
Mt. Gunnison (12,719' left) and Mt. Lamborn (11,396' right) (south West Elk Mountains)
Jun 04 2017 - 5:46 pm
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![Mt. Lamborn](../../images/roads/co065-55.jpg)
Mt. Lamborn at dusk
Oct 29 2017 - 5:49 pm
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![CO 65](../../images/roads/co065-56.jpg)
Back to CO 65
Oct 08 2017 - 2:52 pm
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![Grand Mesa Scenic Byway](../../images/roads/co065-57.jpg)
Headed up Grand Mesa (next several photos taken in early October)
Oct 08 2017 - 3:06 pm
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![Autumn Golden Aspen](../../images/roads/co065-58.jpg)
Golden aspen and red oaks turning above ~8000' (green still below)
Oct 08 2017 - 3:13 pm
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![Autumn Red Oak Leaves](../../images/roads/co065-59.jpg)
CO 65 winding through aspen-oak forest
Oct 08 2017 - 3:16 pm
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![Vivid Autumn Colors](../../images/roads/co065-60.jpg)
Vivid autumn colors
Oct 08 2017 - 3:14 pm
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![Colorado River](../../images/roads/co065-61.jpg)
Upper Grand Canyon of the Colorado River (btw Grand and Battlement Mesas and Roan Cliffs)
Oct 08 2017 - 3:15 pm
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![Forest Service Sign](../../images/roads/co065-62.jpg)
Sign at entrance to Grand Mesa National Forest (carbon 'ace-in-the-hole', 2 trillion bbls of oil at $100/bbl)
Apr 13 2017 - 12:12 pm
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![Roan Cliffs](../../images/roads/co065-63.jpg)
Roan Cliffs (Mahagony Zone of the Green River Formation is the first thin black line or layer from the top)
May 29 2020 - 1:21 pm
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![Avalanche](../../images/roads/co065-64.jpg)
Looking downhill: an active, creeping avalanche
May 12 2019 - 7:20 pm
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![Narrow Road](../../images/roads/co065-65.jpg)
Looking uphill: narrow road
May 29 2020 - 1:26 pm
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![Wrecks](../../images/roads/co065-66.jpg)
Circles show cars that tumbled off the road (I suspect CDOT leaves them there as reminders, else it happened recently)
May 29 2020 - 1:24 pm
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![Chalk Mountain](../../images/roads/co065-67.jpg)
Chalk Mountain (8,092') beyond Anderson Reservoir #2
May 29 2020 - 1:19 pm
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![Battlement Mesa](../../images/roads/co065-68.jpg)
Battlement Mesa from Grand Mesa
May 29 2020 - 1:21 pm
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![Wild Iris](../../images/roads/co065-69.jpg)
Wild iris (named after the Greek messenger goddess of color)
May 29 2020 - 12:49 pm
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![Lone House on Grand Mesa](../../images/roads/co065-70.jpg)
Lone house in the woods
May 29 2020 - 1:48 pm
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![Last of Spring Melt](../../images/roads/co065-71.jpg)
Last melting snow at the end of May
May 29 2020 - 1:17 pm
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![CO 65](../../images/roads/co065-72.jpg)
Across the road (water disappears quickly, in a few weeks these 'lakes' will be dry)
May 29 2020 - 1:15 pm
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![CO 65](../../images/roads/co065-73.jpg)
Two weeks and a year earlier (much more snow) perhaps as every year, rapidly melting in the late May heat
May 12 2019 - 7:17 pm
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![Road Closed by Snow](../../images/roads/co065-74.jpg)
Lands End Road closed in mid May
May 12 2019 - 7:16 pm
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![Lands End Road](../../images/roads/co065-75.jpg)
Lands End Road open in early October
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![Grand Mesa](../../images/roads/co065-76.jpg)
Grand Mesa
Oct 08 2017 - 3:56 pm
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![Largest Flattop Mountain](../../images/roads/co065-77.jpg)
Largest flat topped mountain in the world (so they say)
Oct 08 2017 - 4:08 pm
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![Book Cliffs](../../images/roads/co065-78.jpg)
Book Cliffs and Mt. Garfield in background far below Grand Mesa
Oct 08 2017 - 4:13 pm
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![Lands End Road](../../images/roads/co065-79.jpg)
Switchbacks on Lands End Road
Oct 08 2017 - 4:15 pm
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![Road On Basalt Cliff](../../images/roads/co065-80.jpg)
The first switchback after crossing the basalt cliff
Oct 08 2017 - 4:16 pm
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![Road View Basalt Cliff](../../images/roads/co065-81.jpg)
Road view of the cliff
Oct 08 2017 - 4:47 pm
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![Looking Up](../../images/roads/co065-82.jpg)
Looking back
Oct 08 2017 - 5:01 pm
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![CO 65](../../images/roads/co065-83.jpg)
Back to CO 65 at the top of Grand Mesa
Jan 14 2020 - 10:36 am
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![West Elk Mountains](../../images/roads/co065-84.jpg)
West Elk Mountains
Apr 13 2017 - 1:10 pm
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![San Juan Mountains](../../images/roads/co065-85.jpg)
Uncompahgre Peak (14,321' left) and the San Juan Mountains
May 29 2020 - 12:40 pm
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![Thurnderstorm](../../images/roads/co065-86.jpg)
Thunderstorm over the San Juan Mountains (centered on Mt. Sneffels, 14,157')
May 29 2020 - 12:44 pm
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![CO 65](../../images/roads/co065-87.jpg)
Coming down the southeast side of Grand Mesa
May 29 2020 - 12:53 pm
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![Irrigated Desert](../../images/roads/co065-88.jpg)
Lush green irrigated desert around Cedaredge
May 12 2019 - 7:00 pm
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![Grand Mesa](../../images/roads/co065-89.jpg)
Grand Mesa from the southeast (oxidized sulphur in the Mancos Shale is yellow)
May 29 2020 - 12:16 pm
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![Colorado State Road 65](../../images/roads/co065-90.jpg)
South end of CO 65, junction with CO 92 (3 miles north of US 50 in Delta)
May 29 2020 - 12:11 pm