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Still LOTS of snow in the Elks!

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Posted by Todd Caudle on June 30, 2008 at 9:32 PM
Still LOTS of snow in the Elks!
I got lazy this morning and just did some tele shots at sunrise looking towards the Elk Mountains from Cottonwood Pass. It's amazing how much snow is still up there. This pano is a crop from a single frame, not a stitch, but it's mostly just for current conditions reference anyway. You can view a much larger version here.
Posted by Todd Caudle on June 30, 2008 at 9:38 PM
After hiking up to Hartenstein LAKE in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness yesterday afternoon, I tried hoofing it back down in time to catch any potential sunset ops on Cottonwood Pass. Oh, to have arrived 15 minutes earlier than I did! It was pretty monumental, but I crested the pass just as the sun was setting behind the Elks. It was still lighting up the clouds something fierce, and to top that off, there were areas of cloud-to-cloud lightning punctuating things. I didn't catch any of the latter, but I did get some of the cloud color, like this over Ice Mountain. The sRGB conversion kinda took the punch out of the intensity of the colors, but you can get an idea of what it was like here.
Posted by Laurie Wendt on June 30, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Geeezzz, Todd! Look at all that white stuff. I'll be in the San Juans in 20 days. Any updates on how the passes are doing for snow melt?
Posted by Momo Vuyisich on June 30, 2008 at 10:31 PM
Wow Todd, the large version of the pano is spectacular! I love Capitol and Cathedral peaks. It makes me want to go to Cottonwood pass this weekend. Thanks very much for posting these. :smile:
Posted by Mel Ladewig on June 30, 2008 at 10:54 PM
The second shot is :eek:

Nice job Todd.
Posted by Stan Rose on July 1, 2008 at 12:36 AM
Yes, but are there lots of Elks in the snow? :biggrin:
Pretty intense, Todd--i like em both.
Posted by Nick Moore on July 1, 2008 at 9:33 AM
Sweet shots Todd, I really like the large version of the Pano, tons of detail!.
Posted by Jack Brauer on July 1, 2008 at 3:01 PM
That second shot is insane! Awesome colors.
Posted by Amanda Botterweck on July 1, 2008 at 6:41 PM
I like both shots. Lots of snow indeed.

I'm heading out next week and the following week to the San Juans...ought to be interesting. I have been monitoring Switzerland of America's trail report and here's a link if anyone is interested for the trails around Ouray.
http://www.soajeep.com/custom1.shtml
Posted by Chad Rudd on July 1, 2008 at 7:47 PM

Love the colors in both, but the second one is really appealing to a colors guy like me!
Posted by D J Kuklinski on July 2, 2008 at 12:36 AM
Oh man, that second shot is a killer!
Posted by Dan Walters on July 2, 2008 at 10:04 PM
Gorgeous images! Love the second image.
Posted by Don Grall on July 18, 2008 at 12:18 PM
Believe it or not, I just saw these for the 1st time, both are great shots and I can't decide on a favorite.