Clash of Seasons

Last night I awoke to hear rain falling on my truck, which wasn't a surprise given the last few days' weather. When I stopped hearing it, I figured it had stopped falling. Nope. It just turned to snow. I awoke this morning to 2 or 3 inches of fresh global warming on my truck. It's not like I was up above timberline -- I was parked at 7,800' near the north rim of Black Canyon for cryin' out loud! At this rate the snow up high might never melt! *sigh*

Oh well, it made for stark visual contrasts on the drive out. West Elk Mountains in the distance.

Here's one of the canyon. I didn't sharpen it and compressed the heck out of it to keep the file size manageable, so disregard how unsharp it looks.

Great spring shot! I'm headed over to Montrose for a graduation and I'm hoping to get out to Owl Creek Pass, Dallas Divide or the Black Canyon for some shooting. This is encouraging.
Still, I hear ya on the high country snow lament. I was planning to start some overnighter backpacking trips next weekend - I might need snowshoes for the places I was planning on.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

That shot of Black Canyon is gorgeous, Todd. One of my favorites of your recent work, for sure.

Nice stuff, Todd. I'm actually partial to the first one. It looks like a (really nice) calendar photo. I really like the comp. BTW, do you know the name of that rock pinnacle sticking up behind the tree?

I was planning on hiking into Boulder Lake in the Eagles Nest Wilderness this weekend but I heard that it is totally snowed under, I drove the road to the trail head and a part of the road is still snowed over too, It's crazy how much snow there is.

Fresh Global Warming LOL.

I like the contrast with the green grass and the green tree with the fresh snow on the peaks in the background

Paul W: It's called Needle Rock, and it's a volcanic neck, what remains of a volcanic tube once the mountain surrounding it has eroded away. Like Devil's Tower, I guess.. I've tried to drive up to it before, but never found a way. Then again, I didn't try all that hard. It's really prominent from Crawford.

Cool, that first shot looks like it was taken in Oregon, a snow covered old volcano and lots of green!
Really like the 2nd shot of the Gunnison river ripping through the canyon at 6820 cubic feet per second which is crankin', the touch of snow on the far side says spring. Winter always seems to have a hard time leaving Colorado! It usually gives it up though in June. With such a cool spring and tons of snow up high, this is going to be a rompin' good kayak season which could last into September.

Nice images! Love the rich colors in the second image.

I'ev nevers seen an image of the Black Canyon like this. Excellent todd.

I love the BCOTG image ~ the weather found you again!

I must say I like the first image. The spring foreground against the winter background makes for a compelling image. NIce capture, Todd!

I really like that first one. It pretty much sums up that day. I remember waking up, looking outside and seeing those quarter-sized snowflakes coating everything in the yard. My old home state of MN may have a reputation for cold, but I'd never seen snow this late in the spring there (at least in the southern portion).

I REALLY like that second photo detailing the canyon and snow. Wow.

The shot up the canyon of the snow line and the green shrubbery (Ni!) is outstanding Todd.

Todd: You get to the Needle Rock by turning east right in the center of the town of
Crawford. Rocker Joe Cocker has a big place right under the rock.

Art, I remember going up that road, and I was mistaken. You can go right up to the rock. All I remembered was the road ending at private property. But that was well after Needle Rock. I now remember wanting to get up that valley to look down on it, and that's what I was stopped from doing. Thanks for the reminder!