Darkerened the blue, lightened the red and yellow to add to the contrast depth. Shot with the Canon 30D 50mm ISO 800 1/200 sec f/22
Posts Tagged ‘Colorado’
The Diamond of Longs Peak
Saturday, November 19th, 2011An afternoon through the Evening
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
The afternoon started with a swim in the snow up a hill by Frisco, CO
The swim afforded me this shot peering into the Gore Range.
From a near by vantage, I snagged up this shot. Then, called it a day after a few hours of snow groveling.
Then, this evening or not really, almost this morning I got a few shots of the Flatirons.
I got a total of four shots in about 45 minutes.
The Full Moon to my back was a wonderful fill.
Contempt of a Warm Road
Friday, October 28th, 2011
A coating of ice in the shocks
I rode home from work at 0440 hours last Wednesday during Colorado’s first statewide snow storm. My upper body fared well, but my lower extremities with ice sheets for pants did not. For most of the ride I was able to pedal hard and fast to keep my legs moderately warm. However, towards the end as the chain started slipping and the speed decreased the chills set in. By the time I got home I was borderline hypothermic….or maybe completely hypothermic.
My icy filled water boots were frozen shut and I had to knife the laces to get out. Then, well I’ll just say I ended up wrapped in a blanket on the couch for a bit. After a few moments on the couch is when I realized the bike was coated with maybe a pound of ice as I heard it melting onto the entry pad of our home.
I also wrote something with the above title, but waiting to see if I can publish it else where before it goes up here.
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- A coating of ice in the shocks
Just a few links on the topic:
Planet Bike for your shopping needs
Tenmile Range Recon
Thursday, August 4th, 2011The journey started with work last night from 1700 – 0500 this A.M. However, I awoke yesterday at 1330 prior to my shift. Well, I worked my shift with no naps….I work in EMS if you didn’t already know. EMS stands for “Earn Money Sleeping” atleast 50-60% of the time.
So once my shift ended this morning I blitzed up to Frisco’s Main st and I-70 trailhead parking for the Tenmile Range and arrived just prior to 0700. The initial goal was Peak One or Tenmile Peak to get a sense of the Tenmile Range Traverse. I left my car at 0700 knowing that I had a possibility of T-storms around 1300.
The bike path start
It’s about a half mile towards Breck to the Royal trailhead.
A lot of interesting information about the old Masontown site.
The morning light was fabulous for taking shots of the dew on flowers.
Lots of blooming flower variety along the trail to Mount Royal and Mount Victoria
Summit of Mount Royal
The hill wasn’t too bad
One of the steep sections leading up to Mount Victoria's Northern Shoulder
One of the views along the crest of the Tenmile Range looking Northwest into the Gore range.
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amazing all day. As I worked my way up the East side of the Mount Victoria I could look out over Frisco towards the Continental Divide.
Dillon and Frisco with Torrey's and Grays in the right distance
The view of Peak one from near the second false summit.
Self Portrait on Mount Victoria
Parting shot back towards Peak one and Mount Victoria on the descent
All in all, it took 44 mins to get to the top of mount Royal and 2.5 hrs to get to the false summit of Peak 1 where I turned around. Another 1.5 hrs back to the car and then I trip over to David’s restaurant Food Hedz where I talked climbing with David and then refueled a little for the drive home. For some reason I couldn’t sleep and was awake until 0130 this morning for a total of 36 hrs awake after I finally fell asleep I slept 11 hours. If you’re ever in the Frisco, Silverthorne, Breckenridge or even Cooper and Vail mountain areas Food Hedz is certainly worth a stop.
Mount Massive
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
Massive
Sunrise on lower slopes of Mount Massive
Alpenglow on South and main Massive
The final slopes of Massive
The friendly Marmot
The West slope from Main Massive
North Massive from Main Massive
Massive Summit ridge looking South with South Massive in view
Terry approaches South Massive summit
Self portrait, South Massive