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US Highway 40
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Berthoud Pass, Winter Park, Granby, Colorado River, Kremmling, Steamboat Springs, Yampa River, Craig, Dinosaur
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US 40
East end of US 40 through the Rockies, I-70 Empire exit
image from Google: US 40 exit I 70
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Stanley Mountain
Stanley Mountain(12,521') appears immediately
Mar 28 2021 - 9:08 am
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Glacial Cirque
Glacial cirque, ridgeline continues above 12,000' about 4 miles north from Stanley Mountain
Mar 28 2021 - 9:22 am
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Berthoud Pass
Berthoud Pass (11,315')
Mar 28 2021 - 9:27 am
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Nature abhors a vacuum
Nature abhors a vacuum
Mar 28 2021 - 9:27 am
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Parry Peak
Parry Peak (13,391') of the Front Range
Mar 28 2021 - 9:28 am
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Mountain Storms
Storms moving over the Front Range
Mar 28 2021 - 9:38 am
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Winter Park, CO
Winter Park
Mar 28 2021 - 9:48 am
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Twin Cones
Twin Cones (12,060'), clear to the southwest
Mar 28 2021 - 9:53 am
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Indian Peaks
Indian Peaks of the Front Range over Fraser River terraces, still cloudy to the northeast
Mar 28 2021 - 9:58 am
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Granby, CO
Coming into Granby at the Fraser - Colorado River confluence (Rabbit Ears Range in the background)
Mar 28 2021 - 10:10 am
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Volcanic Rocks
Middle Park Formation Volcanic Rocks
Mar 28 2021 - 10:16 am
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Mesa Verde Formation
Overlying Mesa Verde Sandstones
Mar 28 2021 - 10:21 am
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Dakota Sandstone
Overlying Dakota Sandstone
Mar 28 2021 - 10:21 am
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pre-Cambrian Granite
Pre-Cambrian granite and metamorphic rocks in Byers Canyon (perhaps a Neogene monadnock)
Mar 28 2021 - 10:26 am
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Logging
Logging but not here, in the monocultured mountains (same size logs)
Mar 28 2021 - 10:33 am
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Colorado River
US 40 follows the Colorado River between Granby and Kremmling
Mar 28 2021 - 10:35 am
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Elliot Ridge
Elliot Ridge anchoring the high peaks of the Gore Range south of Kremmling
Mar 28 2021 - 10:41 am
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Gore Canyon
Gore Canyon cut by the Colorado River through (here into) the Gore Range despite hard pre-Cambrian rocks
Mar 28 2021 - 10:49 am
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Whiteley Peak
Whiteley Peak (10,115') of the Rabbit Ears Range
Mar 28 2021 - 11:04 am
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Rabbit Ears Range
Rabbit Ears Range
Mar 28 2021 - 11:07 am
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Rabbit Ears Pass
Rabbit Ears Pass
Mar 28 2021 - 11:29 am
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Rabbit Ears Pass
Abundant snow at the pass
Mar 28 2021 - 11:29 am
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Top of the Gore Range
And along US 40 following the flat-topped Gore Range for about 6 miles
Mar 28 2021 - 11:32 am
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Flat Tops
Brief glimpses of The Flat Tops
Mar 28 2021 - 11:38 am
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Roan Cliffs
And Roan Cliffs
Mar 28 2021 - 11:44 am
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Flat Tops Basalt
Flat Tops basalt sitting on Roan Cliffs
Mar 28 2021 - 11:45 am
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Steamboat Springs
Whimsical Sculpture downtown Steamboat Springs
Sep 29 2011 - 6:24 pm
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The Springs
The Springs
Sep 29 2011 - 6:43 pm
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Chapel
Chapel outside Steamboat Springs
May 20 2020 - 2:11 pm
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Yampa River
Yampa River in flood (US 40 follows the Yampa River from Steamboat Spring to Maybell)
May 20 2020 - 2:27 pm
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Mesa Verde Sandstone
Mesa Verde Sandstone off and on all the way to the Utah border and beyond
Mar 28 2021 - 12:31 pm
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Mesa Verde Coal
Local Mesa Verde coal occurring under the sandstones, usually (Hayden Power Plant)
Mar 28 2021 - 12:28 pm
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Hayden, CO
Downtown Hayden
Mar 28 2021 - 12:37 pm
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Ferdinand Hayden
Ferdinand Hayden: abundant features named for him (e.g. Hayden Peak in the Uintas, Hayden Spire in RMNP, Hayden, CO)
May 20 2020 - 2:52 pm
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Swell and Swale
Swells and Swales of Mesa Verde sandstones
Mar 28 2021 - 1:10 pm
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Road Mirages
Mirages on roadway caused by heat absorbing fragmented pavement and view angle
Mar 28 2021 - 1:15 pm
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Yampa River
Yampa River
Mar 28 2021 - 1:27 pm
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CO 318
Side trip to Gates of Ladore on CO 318
Mar 28 2021 - 1:32 pm
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Browns Park
Brown Park irrigated by the Green River
Oct 01 2011 - 6:03 pm
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Juniper
Juniper survivor
Oct 01 2011 - 5:58 pm
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Unita Quartzite
Uinta Quartzite
Oct 01 2011 - 5:33 pm
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Green River
Green River exiting Browns Park (flow toward viewer)
Oct 01 2011 - 5:17 pm
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Green River
Green River entering the Uinta Mountains (flow away from viewer)
Oct 01 2011 - 4:42 pm
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Mountain Trail
After scrambling along a well-traveled trail
Oct 01 2011 - 4:57 pm
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The Gates of Ladore
The Gates of Ladore
Oct 01 2011 - 5:07 pm
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No Gas 57 Miles
Back to US 40
Mar 28 2021 - 1:33 pm
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Roan Cliffs
Roan Cliffs
Mar 28 2021 - 1:41 pm
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Roan Cliffs
Roan Cliffs (wide angle)
Mar 28 2021 - 1:45 pm
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Dinosaur National Mon
East end of Dinosaur National Monument dead ahead
Mar 28 2021 - 2:00 pm
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Side Road North
Side road north
Mar 28 2021 - 1:54 pm
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Uplift Along Anticline
Uplift along the south bounding monocline of Dinosaur National Monument
May 16 2013 - 5:14 pm
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End Of The World
Right to Left (Younger to Older): Jurassic Entrada Sandstone, Triassic Red Beds fading to Permian shales, and Permian Weber Eolian Sandstone
May 16 2013 - 5:11 pm
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Permian Weber Sandstone
Folded Weber Sandstone along the south bounding monocline
May 16 2013 - 7:36 pm
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US 40
Back to US 40
Mar 28 2021 - 2:08 pm
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Mancos Shale Hogbacks
Mancos Shale hogbacks along south bounding monocline
Mar 28 2021 - 2:18 pm
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Mesa Verde Hogbacks
Cretaceous Mesa Verde sandstone hogbacks, flat Triassic Red Beds in background raised in the anticline center
Mar 28 2021 - 2:22 pm
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Derlict Loading Chute
Roan Cliffs over dilapidated loading chute
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Entrada Sandstone
Jurassic Entrada Sandstone and Triassic Red Beds forming the cliffs in the background
Mar 28 2021 - 2:35 pm
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Dinosaur, CO
Dinosaur, CO right at the Utah border
Mar 28 2021 - 3:01 pm
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End Of The World
Utah (around the corner)
Mar 28 2021 - 2:56 pm
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Ocean City, MD
Kings Peak, (13,512') highest peak in the Utah
Mar 28 2021 - 2:53 pm