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Colorado State Road 82
88 slides
(mostly of the Elk Mountains and Central Sawatch Range)
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CO 82
CO 82 northwest end (I-70 in Glenwood Springs)
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Mt. Sopris
Mount Sopris (northermost of the West Elk Mountains)
Feb 26 2017 - 2:46 pm
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Flowing Permian Gypsum
Flowing Permian Gypsum Beds (right) intruding Triassic Red Beds(left)
Mar 08 2018 - 1:33 pm
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Triassic Red Beds
Triassic Red Beds (all the way to the Mountains)
Feb 26 2017 - 2:50 pm
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Roaring Fork Valley
Roaring Fork Valley
Mar 08 2018 - 3:40 pm
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Triassic Period
Triassic Red Beds
Mar 08 2018 - 1:32 pm
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Clastic Permian Rocks
Triassic Red Beds over Clastic Permian Rocks
Mar 08 2018 - 3:34 pm
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Capitol Creek Road
Capitol Creek Road
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Snowmass Ski Area
Snowmass Mountain Ski Area
Mar 08 2018 - 2:10 pm
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Snowmass Creek
Snowmass Creek
Mar 08 2018 - 2:49 pm
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Snowmass Mountain
Snowmass Mountain (14,092')
Mar 08 2018 - 2:56 pm
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Capitol Creek Valley
Capital Creek Valley
Mar 08 2018 - 2:54 pm
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Capitol Peak
Capitol Peak (14,130')
Mar 08 2018 - 2:57 pm
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Fatal to Many Climbers
Knife Ridge to the Summit (fatal to many climbers)
Mar 08 2018 - 2:20 pm
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Capitol Peak
Capitol Peak Summit
Mar 08 2018 - 2:20 pm
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Maroon Creek Road
Maroon Creek Road
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Pyramid Peak
Pyramid Peak (14,018')
Oct 24 2019 - 12:12 pm
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Telephoto
Close Up
Oct 24 2019 - 12:38 pm
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Maroon Bells
Maroon Bells
Oct 24 2019 - 12:26 pm
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Maroon Peaks
Maroon Peak (14,156', left) and North Maroon Peak (14,156', left)
Oct 24 2019 - 12:26 pm
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Pyramid Peak
Pyramid Peak (from the other side)
Oct 24 2019 - 12:29 pm
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Twin Maroon Peaks
Twin Maroon Peaks
Oct 24 2019 - 12:26 pm
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Maroon Bells Parking
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
Coming out of the Parking Lot
Oct 24 2019 - 12:32 pm
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Maroon Formation
Wonder why its called the "Maroon Formation"
Oct 24 2019 - 12:31 pm
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Castle Creek Road
Castle Creek Road
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Upstream
Uptsteam
Sep 24 2021 - 11:20 am
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Downstream
Downstream
Sep 24 2021 - 11:20 am
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Telephoto
Telephoto
Sep 24 2021 - 11:21 am
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Hayden Peak
Hayden Peak
Sep 24 2021 - 11:25 am
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Castle Creek Road
Castle Creek Road
Sep 24 2021 - 11:31 am
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Castle Creek Valley
Castle Creek Valley
Sep 24 2021 - 11:31 am
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Castle Creek
Castle Creek
Sep 24 2021 - 11:36 am
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Reflected Sun
Sunlight reflected by ripples on Castle Creek
Sep 24 2021 - 11:37 am
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Elk Mountains
High Elk Mountains in last September
Sep 24 2021 - 12:15 pm
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Bicylers
Castle Creek Road was crowded with bicycles
Sep 24 2021 - 12:19 pm
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Castle Peak
Castle Peak (14,278') and Conundrum Peak (14,060')
Sep 24 2021 - 12:31 pm
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Golden Aspen
Golden Aspen
Sep 24 2021 - 12:31 pm
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Castle Creek Road
Castle Creek Road
Sep 24 2021 - 12:31 pm
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Hayden Peak
Hayden Peak (13,561')
Sep 24 2021 - 12:32 pm
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Maroon Formation
West Mt. Sopris Creek Road, colorful reddish Oaks
Sep 24 2021 - 12:55 pm
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Maroon Formation
Mt. Sorpis from the NW, new irrigation system in foreground
Sep 24 2021 - 12:57 pm
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Maroon Formation
Turns into unpaved Prince Creek Road in the Crystal River Valley
Sep 24 2021 - 1:10 pm
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CO 82
Back to Highway 82
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Elk Mountains
A Brief Look Back at the Elk Mountains
Nov 12 2019 - 11:31 am
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Aspen, CO
Aspen (SW corner of East Main & Mill Street)
Nov 06 2020 - 3:38 pm
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Sawatch Range
Sawatch Range Ahead
Oct 24 2019 - 2:20 pm
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Spuce-Fir Forest
Spruce-Fir Forest not yet under spruce beetle attack
Oct 24 2019 - 2:13 pm
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Tree Tunnels
Mountain Peeking out from the 'Tunnel of Trees'
Oct 24 2019 - 2:13 pm
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Fresh Snow
Fresh Snow on the Trees
Oct 24 2019 - 1:27 pm
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Snow Covered Rocks
Snow Covered Rocks (the next two slides show the rocks in summer)
Oct 24 2019 - 2:14 pm
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Granite
Same Rocks - Strange Shaped Colorful Granite
Jul 25 2018 - 11:23 am
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Migmatite
Geologists call the swirling patterns 'migmatite'
Jul 25 2018 - 11:26 am
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Sawatch Mountains
Heart of the Sawatch Range
Oct 24 2019 - 1:34 pm
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Landslide
Landslide and Avalanches
Oct 24 2019 - 2:08 pm
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Glacial Aretes
High Glaciated Peaks
Oct 24 2019 - 1:41 pm
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U-Shaped Valley
U-Shaped Glacial Valley
Nov 06 2020 - 2:09 pm
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Tetrahedra
Tetrahedra (Nature's Favorite Form)
Nov 06 2020 - 1:59 pm
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Clear Road
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
Timberline
Oct 24 2019 - 1:58 pm
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Glacial Cirque
Appropiately Named Glacial Cirque
Oct 24 2019 - 2:00 pm
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Telephoto
Close Up in Another Year
Nov 06 2020 - 2:47 pm
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Roaring Fork River
Headwater of the Roaring Fork Colorado River
Nov 06 2020 - 2:39 pm
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CO 82 West Switchback
CO 82 Switchback on the west slope of the Sawatch Range
Nov 06 2020 - 2:30 pm
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Independence Pass
Independence Pass; only paved pass above 12,000' in the Americas
Jul 25 2018 - 10:27 am
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Independence Pass
Independence Pass
Oct 24 2019 - 1:51 pm
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La Plata Peak
La Plata Peak (14,361')
Oct 24 2019 - 1:48 pm
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Casco Peak
Casco Peak (13,908')
Oct 24 2019 - 1:49 pm
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Independence Pass
Independence Pass
Oct 24 2019 - 1:47 pm
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Independence Pass
Independence Pass
Oct 24 2019 - 1:46 pm
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Roaring Fork Valley
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
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
East Slope of Sawatch Range Switchback
Nov 06 2020 - 2:15 pm
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Green Above Timberline
Green in early November, just after a rain
Nov 06 2020 - 2:10 pm
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Sawatch Mountains
Sawatch Range in late July
Jul 25 2018 - 10:16 am
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Sawatch Range
Sawatch Range in early November
Nov 06 2020 - 2:18 pm
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Sill
Telephoto: Sill formation supporting the platform
Nov 06 2020 - 2:24 pm
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CO 82
Coming down
Jul 25 2018 - 10:16 am
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Ranch
Ranch on Lake Creek
Nov 06 2020 - 12:40 pm
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Mt. Harvard
Mt. Harvard (14,420')
Nov 06 2020 - 1:15 pm
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Mt. Elbert
Mt. Elbert (14,433')
Nov 06 2020 - 1:14 pm
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Mt. Massive
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
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
Twin Lakes (dammed by glacial moraines)
Jul 23 2018 - 4:43 pm
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Lush Green Forest
Lush Green Forest
Jul 23 2018 - 4:28 pm
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Sawatch Range
Sawatch Range from Twin Lakes
Jul 23 2018 - 4:28 pm
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Colorado State Road 82
CO 82 southeast end
(US 24 along the Arkansas Valley at Twin Lakes)