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After a night of snowfall with accumulations in the 3 to 6 inches range,
I ventured for a morning drive. The wind was blowing quite hard in many of these photos,
including these two shots of Mt. Princeton.
Notice the snow blowing off the top of the
mountain in the bottom photo! |
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I must confess, I have not yet wandered about in the snow with snowshoes,
and so many of my recent photos have been of snowy roads or views from such roads.
It still looks pretty, doesn't it? :) |
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I drove up the road leading to the
Frontier Ranch Camp & Conference Center near Nathrop. I walked along this edge to
capture the grand view of Mt. Antero, the valley below and the ranch's sign. |
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My car pulled over. It was so pretty
to see such bright blue skies with the ground largely covered in white.
This road leads to the Mt. Princeton Trailhead. |
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Two more photos while on Chaffee County Road 321.
The mountain in the bottom photo is Mt. Antero. |
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I drove for a short while inside the canyon leading to the ghost town of St. Elmo.
Here are four pictures of a geological landmark known as the Chalk Cliffs.
That whitish rock is known as kaolinite, a type of rock that often exists when
natural hot springs are in the area. Indeed, the area has a few hot springs
areas including the most popular spot, the Mt. Princeton Hot Springs. |
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The road was not plowed very well, and so I stopped for
a couple of pictures near the Bighorn Sheep Lookout area before turning around. |
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One last photo as I traveled on Highway 285 towards Buena Vista.
Folks it's hard to show with the camera just how windy it was, but here's a shot of the snow
coming across strongly due to the wind. |
