This is a nice post that is a compilation of many beautiful Alpine photos Dave took in 2013.
This first photo is first light on Long's Peak. Dave took this photo when he hiked into Chasm Lake and Mt. Lady Washington area of Rocky Mountain National Park in July, 2013.
A nice selfie taken just below Chasm Lake with the Diamond of Long's Peak in the background. The Diamond is Co's premiere alpine face sporting just over 1,000 feet of vertical climbing - vertical granite - that tops out at just over 14,000 feet.
Another view of the Diamond from a small finger of Chasm Lake.
Some nice columbines below Chasm Lake.
The Diamond! On Long's Peak. :)
Some cool flowers growing around a funky stump in the Cement Creek Valley outside of Crested Butte, CO.
A late day long exposure shot of Cement Creek (outside of Crested Butte, CO).
A small creek on the way to Hartenstein Lake in the Collegiate Peaks wilderness outside of Buena Vista CO.
A first! This is a photo of an American Three-Toed Woodpecker that Dave saw near the shore of Hartenstein Lake. I'm totally jealous as I've still never seen one!
Dave's campsite for the night in the woods just off the shore of Hartenstein Lake. Unfortunately it rained it more than desired so he got to fully test his lightweight backpacking tent. :) Success. :)
A creative shot on the shore of the lake.
Just before sunset, the storm and clouds broke and provided some nice evening light on Hartenstein Lake.
Sunset on Mt. Yale from the lake.
Sunrise over Mt. Yale the next morning. Fiery red skies for about five minutes! :)
An early morning shot across the lake.
A nice little cascade in the Indian Peaks Wilderness.
Indian Peaks Wilderness.
A view of Navaho Peak on the left and Apache Peak on the right from the shoulder of Shoshone Peak in Indian Peaks Wilderness.
A view toward Apache and Navaho Peaks from the summit of Shoshone Peak. The Isabel Glacier behind Dave melts down into a very cool circular tarn at the base of the glacier.
A Rock Ptarmigan displaying his fine alpine camouflage and furry legs. (Callie is jealous as she's not seen one).
1 comment:
Great alpine pics Dave! Man we miss that! Good you got up there before the snow hits!
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