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US 24
75 slides:
I 25 in Colorado Springs to I 70 in the Rocky Mountains
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I 25
Slides start at I 25 in Colorado Springs
at Garden of the Gods
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Garden of the Gods
First a loop through Garden of the Gods

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Garden of the Gods
Saturday: lots of people on a clear, Indian Summer weekend
Nov 13 2021 - 12:44 pm
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Garden of the Gods
Entry to Garden of the Gods
Nov 13 2021 - 12:48 pm
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Garden of the Gods
Triassic sandstones tilted by the Rocky Mountain uplift
Nov 13 2021 - 12:49 pm
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Garden of the Gods
Wild turkeys and people watching wild turkeys
Nov 13 2021 - 12:50 pm
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Garden of the Gods
Pikes Peak (14,115') from Garden of the Gods
Nov 13 2021 - 12:52 pm
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Garden of the Gods
Garden of the Gods
Nov 13 2021 - 12:54 pm
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Garden of the Gods
Boulders
Nov 13 2021 - 12:54 pm
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Garden of the Gods
Loop road
Nov 13 2021 - 12:54 pm
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Garden of the Gods
Another view of Pikes Peak
Nov 13 2021 - 12:56 pm
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Garden of the Gods
Hand of a god
Nov 13 2021 - 12:56 pm
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Garden of the Gods
Perhaps giving the finger to the world
Nov 13 2021 - 12:56 pm
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Garden of the Gods
Bicyclist
Nov 13 2021 - 1:03 pm
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Garden of the Gods
Hogback buttes
Nov 13 2021 - 1:04 pm
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Garden of the Gods
Crowded road
Nov 13 2021 - 1:08 pm
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Garden of the Gods
Mesozoic sandstone hogback buttes
Nov 13 2021 - 1:10 pm
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US 24
West from Garden of the Gods

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Pikes Peak
Pikes Peak dominates the Front Range skyline east of Wilkerson Pass
Nov 13 2021 - 11:50 am
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Pikes Peak
Telephoto
Nov 13 2021 - 11:50 am
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Wilkerson Pass
Wilkerson Pass over the Front Range
Nov 13 2021 - 11:46 am
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Ten Mile Range
The west side of the pass, Mosquito and Ten Mile Ranges over South Park
Nov 13 2021 - 11:45 am
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Front Range
US 24 looking east at the Front Range
Nov 13 2021 - 11:38 am
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South Park
South Park
Feb 28 2020 - 3:09 pm
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Cirrus Clouds
Pancake cirrus clouds over South Park
Nov 13 2021 - 1:10 pm
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Mosquito Range
The whole Mosquito Range
Nov 13 2021 - 2:59 pm
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Mesozoic Hogbacks
Mesozoic hogbacks tilted by the Front Range uplift in background
Nov 13 2021 - 11:28 am
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US 24
Intersection of US 285 (straight) and US 24 (right)
Nov 13 2021 - 10:48 am
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Mt. Sherman
Mt. Sherman (14,043')
Nov 13 2021 - 10:50 am
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Mt. Sherman
Mt. Sherman three weeks earlier
Nov 06 2020 - 11:51 am
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South Park
Mesozoic hogbacks (foreground and middleground) in South Park tilted toward the Mosquito Range uplift (background)
Nov 13 2021 - 2:48 pm
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Buffalo Peaks
West Buffalo Peak (13,326') and East Buffalo Peak (13,300')
Nov 13 2021 - 10:44 am
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Trout Creek Pass
Trout Creek Pass
Nov 13 2021 - 10:47 am
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US 24
Steep road into the Upper Arkansas River Valley
Nov 06 2020 - 12:15 pm
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Sawatch Range
Sawatch Range between Salida and Poncha Springs (terraces are flat surfaces along South Fork Arkansas River that the road is built on and the midground)
Nov 13 2021 - 10:11 am
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Mt. Antero
Mt. Antero (14,276')
Nov 13 2021 - 10:14 am
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Mt. Princeton
Mt. Princeton (14,196')
Nov 13 2021 - 10:33 am
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Sawatch Range
Sawatch Range
Nov 13 2021 - 10:33 am
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Mt. Princeton
Chalk Cliffs on Mt. Princeton
Nov 13 2021 - 10:11 am
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US 285
South on US 285 to Poncha Pass

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Poncha Pass
Relatively low divide between major rivers (turn around at Poncha Pass)
Sep 11 2017 - 11:48 am
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Arkansas Valley
Upper Arkansas River Valley
Nov 13 2021 - 9:50 am
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14er's
Fifteen, more than any other range (the crest of the Rockies in both the US and Canada)
Sep 09 2011 - 9:29 am
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Mt. Ouray
Mt. Ouray (13,971') (transition between Sangre de Cristo Range to the south and the Sawatch Range to the north)
Nov 06 2020 - 9:24 am
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Tetrahedra
Pahlone Peak (12,662') and unnamed neighbor (11,892') are tetrahedra, Gaia's favorite form
Nov 06 2020 - 9:18 am
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Shavano Peak
(from right): Mt. Shavano (14,229'), Tabaguache Peak (14,155') and Carbonate Mountain (13,570')
Nov 06 2020 - 9:24 am
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Cirrus Clouds
Cirrus Clouds over South Park
Nov 13 2021 - 2:13 pm
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US 24
Back to US 24

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Mt. Antero
Mt. Antero (14,275')
Nov 27 2020 - 2:03 pm
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Mt. Princeton
Mt. Princeton (14,196') over the South Fork Arkansas River terraces
Nov 27 2020 - 2:03 pm
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Mt. Harvard
Mt. Harvard (14,420') (third highest peak in Colorado)
Nov 06 2020 - 4:08 pm
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Mt. Oxford
Mt. Oxford (14,153') (up CO 82 a short way to Twin Lakes)
Nov 06 2020 - 1:15 pm
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Mt. Massive
Mt. Elbert (14,443') and Mt. Massive (14,421') two highest peaks in Colorado
Nov 27 2020 - 2:43 pm
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Mt. Elbert
Mt. Elbert highest 14er in Colorado
Nov 06 2020 - 1:14 pm
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Mt. Belford
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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Galena Mountain
Galena Mountain (12,823') behind Leadville mine workings
Nov 27 2020 - 3:12 pm
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Leadville, CO
Highest incorporated town in the United States
Nov 27 2020 - 3:13 pm
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Leadville Boom Days
Leadville Boom Days drilling contest
Sep 29 2011 - 10:32 am
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Leadville, CO
Leadville
Nov 27 2020 - 3:17 pm
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Mt. Elbert
Mt. Elbert (14,443') and Mt. Massive (14,421') from the north
Apr 06 2017 - 12:44 pm
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Log Cabin
Mt. Massive over log cabin
Apr 06 2017 - 12:46 pm
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Mt. Massive
Last look back at Mt. Massive
Apr 06 2017 - 12:50 pm
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Arkansas River
Upper Arkansas River
Apr 06 2017 - 12:21 pm
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Snowy Mountain
Up to Tennessee Pass
Nov 27 2020 - 3:31 pm
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Arkansas River Side
Atlantic side of the pass
Sep 29 2011 - 10:32 am
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Tennessee Pass
Tennessee Pass
Apr 06 2017 - 12:42 pm
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Eagle River Side
Pacific side of the pass
Sep 29 2011 - 10:50 am
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Eagle River Canyon
Down Eagle River Canyon
Nov 27 2020 - 3:41 pm
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Beaver Pond
Beaver Pond
Sep 29 2011 - 11:51 am
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Knotch Mountain
Appropriatley named Notch Mountain (13,237')
Apr 06 2017 - 12:03 pm
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Golden Aspen
Colorful Colorado
Sep 29 2011 - 11:56 am
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Gold Mining
Gold
Sep 29 2011 - 12:20 pm
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Eagle River Valley
Eagle River Valley
Sep 29 2011 - 12:58 am
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I 70
West end of US 24
I 70 at Minturn