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![Colorado State Road 82](../../images/roads/co082-01.jpg)
88 slides (mostly of the Elk Mountains and Central Sawatch Range)
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![CO 82](../../images/roads/co082-02.jpg)
CO 82 northwest end (I-70 in Glenwood Springs)
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![Mt. Sopris](../../images/roads/co082-03.jpg)
Mount Sopris (northermost of the West Elk Mountains)
Feb 26 2017 - 2:46 pm
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![Flowing Permian Gypsum](../../images/roads/co082-04.jpg)
Flowing Permian Gypsum Beds (right) intruding Triassic Red Beds(left)
Mar 08 2018 - 1:33 pm
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![Triassic Red Beds](../../images/roads/co082-05.jpg)
Triassic Red Beds (all the way to the Mountains)
Feb 26 2017 - 2:50 pm
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![Roaring Fork Valley](../../images/roads/co082-06.jpg)
Roaring Fork Valley
Mar 08 2018 - 3:40 pm
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![Triassic Period](../../images/roads/co082-07.jpg)
Triassic Red Beds
Mar 08 2018 - 1:32 pm
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![Clastic Permian Rocks](../../images/roads/co082-08.JPG)
Triassic Red Beds over Clastic Permian Rocks
Mar 08 2018 - 3:34 pm
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![Capitol Creek Road](../../images/roads/co082-09.jpg)
Capitol Creek Road
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![Snowmass Ski Area](../../images/roads/co082-10.jpg)
Snowmass Mountain Ski Area
Mar 08 2018 - 2:10 pm
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![Snowmass Creek](../../images/roads/co082-11.jpg)
Snowmass Creek
Mar 08 2018 - 2:49 pm
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![Snowmass Mountain](../../images/roads/co082-12.jpg)
Snowmass Mountain (14,092')
Mar 08 2018 - 2:56 pm
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![Capitol Creek Valley](../../images/roads/co082-13.jpg)
Capital Creek Valley
Mar 08 2018 - 2:54 pm
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![Capitol Peak](../../images/roads/co082-14.jpg)
Capitol Peak (14,130')
Mar 08 2018 - 2:57 pm
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![Fatal to Many Climbers](../../images/roads/co082-15.jpg)
Knife Ridge to the Summit (fatal to many climbers)
Mar 08 2018 - 2:20 pm
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![Capitol Peak](../../images/roads/co082-16.jpg)
Capitol Peak Summit
Mar 08 2018 - 2:20 pm
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![Maroon Creek Road](../../images/roads/co082-17.jpg)
Maroon Creek Road
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![Pyramid Peak](../../images/roads/co082-18.jpg)
Pyramid Peak (14,018')
Oct 24 2019 - 12:12 pm
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![Telephoto](../../images/roads/co082-19.jpg)
Close Up
Oct 24 2019 - 12:38 pm
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![Maroon Bells](../../images/roads/co082-20.jpg)
Maroon Bells
Oct 24 2019 - 12:26 pm
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![Maroon Peaks](../../images/roads/co082-21.jpg)
Maroon Peak (14,156', left) and North Maroon Peak (14,156', left)
Oct 24 2019 - 12:26 pm
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![Pyramid Peak](../../images/roads/co082-22.jpg)
Pyramid Peak (from the other side)
Oct 24 2019 - 12:29 pm
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![Twin Maroon Peaks](../../images/roads/co082-23.jpg)
Twin Maroon Peaks
Oct 24 2019 - 12:26 pm
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![Maroon Bells Parking](../../images/roads/co082-24.jpg)
Maroon Bells Parking Lot (almost empty between the golden aspen season and the snow that closed the road the next day)
Oct 24 2019 - 12:29 pm
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![Maroon Formation](../../images/roads/co082-25.jpg)
Coming out of the Parking Lot
Oct 24 2019 - 12:32 pm
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![Maroon Formation](../../images/roads/co082-26.jpg)
Wonder why its called the "Maroon Formation"
Oct 24 2019 - 12:31 pm
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![Castle Creek Road](../../images/roads/co082-26a.jpg)
Castle Creek Road
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![Upstream](../../images/roads/co082-26b.jpg)
Uptsteam
Sep 24 2021 - 11:20 am
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![Downstream](../../images/roads/co082-26c.jpg)
Downstream
Sep 24 2021 - 11:20 am
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![Telephoto](../../images/roads/co082-26d.jpg)
Telephoto
Sep 24 2021 - 11:21 am
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![Hayden Peak](../../images/roads/co082-26e.jpg)
Hayden Peak
Sep 24 2021 - 11:25 am
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![Castle Creek Road](../../images/roads/co082-26f.jpg)
Castle Creek Road
Sep 24 2021 - 11:31 am
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![Castle Creek Valley](../../images/roads/co082-26g.jpg)
Castle Creek Valley
Sep 24 2021 - 11:31 am
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![Castle Creek](../../images/roads/co082-26h.jpg)
Castle Creek
Sep 24 2021 - 11:36 am
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![Reflected Sun](../../images/roads/co082-26i.jpg)
Sunlight reflected by ripples on Castle Creek
Sep 24 2021 - 11:37 am
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![Elk Mountains](../../images/roads/co082-26j.jpg)
High Elk Mountains in last September
Sep 24 2021 - 12:15 pm
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![Bicylers](../../images/roads/co082-26k.jpg)
Castle Creek Road was crowded with bicycles
Sep 24 2021 - 12:19 pm
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![Castle Peak](../../images/roads/co082-26l.jpg)
Castle Peak (14,278') and Conundrum Peak (14,060')
Sep 24 2021 - 12:31 pm
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![Golden Aspen](../../images/roads/co082-26m.jpg)
Golden Aspen
Sep 24 2021 - 12:31 pm
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![Castle Creek Road](../../images/roads/co082-26n.jpg)
Castle Creek Road
Sep 24 2021 - 12:31 pm
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![Hayden Peak](../../images/roads/co082-26o.jpg)
Hayden Peak (13,561')
Sep 24 2021 - 12:32 pm
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![Sopris Creek Road](../../images/roads/co082-26p.jpg)
Sopris Creek Road, colorful reddish Oaks
Sep 24 2021 - 12:55 pm
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![Mt. Sopris](../../images/roads/co082-26q.jpg)
Mt. Sorpis from the NW, new irrigation system in foreground
Sep 24 2021 - 12:57 pm
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![Crystal River](../../images/roads/co082-26r.jpg)
Turns into unpaved Prince Creek Road in the Crystal River Valley
Sep 24 2021 - 1:10 pm
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![CO 82](../../images/roads/co082-27.jpg)
Back to Highway 82
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![Elk Mountains](../../images/roads/co082-28.JPG)
A Brief Look Back at the Elk Mountains
Nov 12 2019 - 11:31 am
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![Aspen, CO](../../images/roads/co082-29.JPG)
Aspen (SW corner of East Main & Mill Street)
Nov 06 2020 - 3:38 pm
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![Sawatch Range](../../images/roads/co082-30.jpg)
Sawatch Range Ahead
Oct 24 2019 - 2:20 pm
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![Spuce-Fir Forest](../../images/roads/co082-31.jpg)
Spruce-Fir Forest not yet under spruce beetle attack
Oct 24 2019 - 2:13 pm
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![Tree Tunnels](../../images/roads/co082-32.jpg)
Mountain Peeking out from the 'Tunnel of Trees'
Oct 24 2019 - 2:13 pm
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![Fresh Snow](../../images/roads/co082-33.jpg)
Fresh Snow on the Trees
Oct 24 2019 - 1:27 pm
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![Snow Covered Rocks](../../images/roads/co082-34.jpg)
Snow Covered Rocks (the next two slides show the rocks in summer)
Oct 24 2019 - 2:14 pm
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![Granite](../../images/roads/co082-35.jpg)
Same Rocks - Strange Shaped Colorful Granite
Jul 25 2018 - 11:23 am
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![Migmatite](../../images/roads/co082-36.jpg)
Geologists call the swirling patterns 'migmatite'
Jul 25 2018 - 11:26 am
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![Sawatch Mountains](../../images/roads/co082-37.jpg)
Heart of the Sawatch Range
Oct 24 2019 - 1:34 pm
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![Landslide](../../images/roads/co082-38.jpg)
Landslide and Avalanches
Oct 24 2019 - 2:08 pm
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![Glacial Aretes](../../images/roads/co082-39.jpg)
High Glaciated Peaks
Oct 24 2019 - 1:41 pm
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![U-Shaped Valley](../../images/roads/co082-40.JPG)
U-Shaped Glacial Valley
Nov 06 2020 - 2:09 pm
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![Tetrahedra](../../images/roads/co082-41.JPG)
Tetrahedra (Nature's Favorite Form)
Nov 06 2020 - 1:59 pm
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![Clear Road](../../images/roads/co082-42.jpg)
Road Clear (I timed the trip perfectly, clear day between snow storms, next day Indpendence Pass was closed)
Oct 24 2019 - 1:57 pm
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![Timberline](../../images/roads/co082-43.jpg)
Timberline
Oct 24 2019 - 1:58 pm
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![Glacial Cirque](../../images/roads/co082-44.jpg)
Appropiately Named Glacial Cirque
Oct 24 2019 - 2:00 pm
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![Telephoto](../../images/roads/co082-45.jpg)
Close Up in Another Year
Nov 06 2020 - 2:47 pm
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![Roaring Fork River](../../images/roads/co082-46.JPG)
Headwater of the Roaring Fork Colorado River
Nov 06 2020 - 2:39 pm
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![CO 82 West Switchback](../../images/roads/co082-47.JPG)
CO 82 Switchback on the west slope of the Sawatch Range
Nov 06 2020 - 2:30 pm
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![Independence Pass](../../images/roads/co082-48.JPG)
Independence Pass; only paved pass above 12,000' in the Americas
Jul 25 2018 - 10:27 am
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![Independence Pass](../../images/roads/co082-49.jpg)
Independence Pass
Oct 24 2019 - 1:51 pm
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![La Plata Peak](../../images/roads/co082-50.jpg)
La Plata Peak (14,361')
Oct 24 2019 - 1:48 pm
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![Casco Peak](../../images/roads/co082-51.jpg)
Casco Peak (13,908')
Oct 24 2019 - 1:49 pm
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![Independence Pass](../../images/roads/co082-52.jpg)
Independence Pass
Oct 24 2019 - 1:47 pm
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![Independence Pass](../../images/roads/co082-53.jpg)
Independence Pass
Oct 24 2019 - 1:46 pm
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![Roaring Fork Valley](../../images/roads/co082-54.jpg)
Looking back at Roaring Fork Valley (tributary to Colorado River Pacific Ocean Drainage)
Jul 25 2018 - 10:53 am
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![Lake Fork Valley](../../images/roads/co082-55.jpg)
Looking ahead at Lake Creek Valley (tributary to Arkansas River Atlantic Ocean Drainage)
Jul 25 2018 - 10:12 am
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![CO 82 West Switchback](../../images/roads/co082-56.JPG)
East Slope of Sawatch Range Switchback
Nov 06 2020 - 2:15 pm
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![Green Above Timberline](../../images/roads/co082-57.JPG)
Green in early November, just after a rain
Nov 06 2020 - 2:10 pm
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![Sawatch Mountains](../../images/roads/co082-58.jpg)
Sawatch Range in late July
Jul 25 2018 - 10:16 am
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![Sawatch Range](../../images/roads/co082-59.JPG)
Sawatch Range in early November
Nov 06 2020 - 2:18 pm
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![Sill](../../images/roads/co082-60.JPG)
Telephoto: Sill formation supporting the platform
Nov 06 2020 - 2:24 pm
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![CO 82](../../images/roads/co082-61.jpg)
Coming down
Jul 25 2018 - 10:16 am
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![Ranch](../../images/roads/co082-62.JPG)
Ranch on Lake Creek
Nov 06 2020 - 12:40 pm
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![Mt. Harvard](../../images/roads/co082-63.JPG)
Mt. Harvard (14,420')
Nov 06 2020 - 1:15 pm
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![Mt. Elbert](../../images/roads/co082-64.JPG)
Mt. Elbert (14,433')
Nov 06 2020 - 1:14 pm
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![Mt. Massive](../../images/roads/co082-65.JPG)
Mt. Massive (14,421', right of Mt Elbert, 14,433') joining Mt Harvard as the only 14er's >14,400')
Nov 06 2020 - 1:18 pm
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![Four Fourteeners](../../images/roads/co082-66.JPG)
Four 14er's from left Mt. Oxford (14,153'), Mt. Belford (14,197'), Missouri Mountain (14,067'), La Plata Peak (14,361')
Nov 06 2020 - 1:31 pm
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![Twin Lakes](../../images/roads/co082-67.jpg)
Twin Lakes (dammed by glacial moraines)
Jul 23 2018 - 4:43 pm
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![Lush Green Forest](../../images/roads/co082-68.jpg)
Lush Green Forest
Jul 23 2018 - 4:28 pm
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![Sawatch Range](../../images/roads/co082-69.jpg)
Sawatch Range from Twin Lakes
Jul 23 2018 - 4:28 pm
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![Colorado State Road 82](../../images/roads/co082-70.jpg)
CO 82 southeast end
(US 24 along the Arkansas Valley at Twin Lakes)