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10/29 - Evening light on a snowy Mummy Range at the end of October.
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10/23 - On the Balanced Rock trail
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10/22 - The trail to Dream Lake on Sunday was a hike straight into winter.
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10/3 - On Tuesday, from the Longs Peak trail above Granite Pass, there was cloud cover over the entire Estes valley below 11,000 ft., but clear skies and no wind above as we look across to Ypsilon Mtn and the Mummy Range.
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9/30 - Small waterfall in the upper Glacier Gorge basin.
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9/29 - The Continental Divide Story, 1977 author Kip Rusk contemplates the west side of Longs Peak last week from the upper Glacier Gorge basin with Spearhead looming over
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9/27 - Arctic Gentian were in full on bloom in the upper Glacier Gorge basin
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9/26 - Autumn in the Upper Glacier Basin with McHenerys Peak
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"As we progressed down valley after lunch, I started to grow uneasy and disappointed. The trail had become a 4W track and then dirt, unimproved road with all the impending signs of civilization."
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…we stepped barefoot into the river for a crossing that was painfully slow,
ice-numbingly cold and just generally a cruel way for the feet to start the day.
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"The feeling was one of pure wilderness. Matched with the fantastic terrain and vistas surrounding us, I felt a mix of vulnerability and heightened awareness."
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Creeping Holly Grape, growing along the Fern Lake trail
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An emerging Golden Banner plant. When you see the yellow flag of the Golden Banner a flyin', hiking season has begun, and you have until the Arctic Gentian blooms to go out and get it done.
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4/23 - Spring Snowmelt begins. Beaver Creek
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4/19 - Moon Rise
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3/9 - Townsendia Daisy & Sheridan's Hairstreak
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Snowshoers cross The Loch in the Loch Vale area
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3/29 - Sliding down a snow shoot on a winter hike into the Loch Vale
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3/22 - Early morning light on Ypsilon Mtn
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3/21 - "Hello, meet my friend, Aspen."
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3/19 - Mount Copeland and Copeland Lake
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3/18 - Longs Peak and the Front Range from the Lumpy Ridge trail
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3/17 - Taylor Peak from the Gem Lake trail
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Ski trail on Trail Ridge Road
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Winter on Trail Ridge Road
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3/8 - Ice formations at Two rivers Lake
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3/7 - Notchtop Mtn and the Upper Ptarmigan Glacier Basin
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3/6 - Notchtop Mtn from Two Rivers Lake
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3/5 - Ice patterns, Two Rivers Lake
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3/4 - On the way to Lake Helene with Notchtop Mtn
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2/28 - Moraine Park
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2/27 - Clouds Build over Twin Sisters
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2/26 - Leaves of grass and ice crystals.
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2/20 - Mills Lake
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2/19 - Mills Lake
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2/18 - Taylor Pk and The Sharkstooth
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2/15 - Winter snow trail
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2/14 - Fern Lake
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2/13 - Trail sign at Fern Lake
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2/12 - Ice Paterns
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2/11 - Moraine Park
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2/7 - Stalks of flowers that have gone to seed
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2/6 - Signs of life
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2/5 - Winter shadows
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2/4 - Juniper along Beaver Cr
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1/31 - A galaxy of snow crystals on ice.
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1/30 - Snow crystals form over open water.
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1/29 - The thin ice melts during the day, freezes again at night, and new patterns are formed.
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1/28 - "The wild requires that we learn the terrain, nod to all the plants and animals and birds, ford the streams and cross the ridges, and tell a good story when we get back home." ~ Gary Snyder
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