July 2008 Theme – Big Mountains

This month’s theme is Big Mountains. Since every state in the RMNP Forum has peaks 12,000 feet and up there should be no shortage of big mountain images.

As an added challenge, can we get at least one photograph of each of the highest peaks in the seven RMNP Forum states? …and each one from a different photographer?

As always if you have an idea for a monthly photo theme, please shoot us an email.

Bald Mt. in Utah's High Uintas. Pretty close to 12K, but I think just a hair under (don't have my topo immediately available).

... and uno mas. Coming in just under 12K at 11,749', and at a weight of billions of tons. Mount Timpa-noooooooo-gossssssss! (note - only loss in the Wasatch Heavyweight division to Mount "Big Boy" Nebo... he's over 12K)

Cool shots Jeff. Love the reflection in the second one.

Here's one of my favorites from Mt Bierstadt, coming in at 14,060'.

A local favorite - Pikes Peak at 14,110'

Great topic and shots. This is Mt Silverheels (13,822 ft) near Fairplay.

Pam

Mt. Elbert is a pretty big one.

Some great shots. There should be no shortage of participants in this one! Here's one of Silver Mountain (weighing in at a little under 13k ft.) reflecting in Alta Lake #3 near Telluride.

Longs Peak is a big mountain.

Wetterhorn Peak is a big mountain too.

Pikes Peak along the lines of Kalin's shot.

Lincoln and Bross looming large

Grand Teton dwarfing the flats last autumn.

Pam

Great stuff so far - this thread should get pretty wild!

Windom Peak - 14,082'

Thamserku ~ Khumbu region of Nepal

6,623 meters/21,729'

Beautiful shots, everyone. Jack, that Wetterhorn shot is AWESOME!

No fair, all the mountains I've shot are puny compared to Dave's .

Here's a recent one from the Tetons and an older one of Longs Peak.

http://www.gcollier.com/Grand-Teton-Barn.jpg
http://www.gcollier.com/Longs-Peak-Moon.html

Beautiful stuff, everyone! However, it's time something outside Colorado and the Tetons showed up. Here's my home state, the Las Trampas darinage in the Pecos Wilderness, with UN 12,900 on the right:

http://frishmanphoto.smugmug.com/photos/226618470_5EVLB-L.jpg

Sorry about the quality, it was scanned from old prints. But it's one of the most spectacular drainages in New Mexico. Hope I can get up there and try to replicate the shot one of these days.

Nokhu Crags located south of Cameron Pass, Colorado
Elevation: 12485'

Fantastic shots, everyone.

Anyone have shots from Arizona, Idaho, or Montana?

Not the best lighting conditions but here's one from Montana. Mount Gould and Grinnell Point along Swiftcurrent Lake in the Many Glacier area of Glacier National Park.

One of my favorite Colorado mountains, I'm sure it needs no introduction....
Love the Wetterhorn shot, Jack!

Once again I wish I could see these big Big BIG!

Snowmass/Hagerman Peak(s) from Snowmass Lake; July 1983

P.S. I thought I would mention that this is a scan of a contrast-masked 8x10 Cibachrome print that I made "back in the day"; the original K25 slide was lost many years ago (sigh). I still remember with pain the difficulty of getting those mask/slide pairs registered and CLEAN in a Gepe glassmount.

Mmmmmmm, big mountains. Nice stuff people.

Here's my contribution, captured last week while driving through the Tetons ... big mountains under a big sky ...

Not sure how to post an image within a reply, so I'm posting the link instead. This shot was taken a couple weeks ago on my failed attempt at Pyramid Peak outside of Aspen. We had just reached our resting spot for the evening and this unobstructed view of Pyramid loomed over us and kindly waited for us the following morning. I will be back in mid-August to take this 14er down!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinger/2625419529/sizes/l/

Jesse, That is a great composition of the Tetons. A familiar angle with a different comp. Great looking pic. The clouds really make it.

I guess that's as big as they get in North America.

Guy

After thinking about this a while longer, I chose different take on this topic.

A mountain so big that you can't take it all in with one look.

Tijeras Peak rising out of Lower Sand Creek Lake.

XT, 50/1.4

Here is one from Montana taken a couple of years ago with my P/S. Lone Mountain or Lone Peak in Big Sky, Mt. Elevation 11,160 ft

http://redeye-mt.smugmug.com/photos/103658815_ux2ic-L.jpg

Harold

Someone asked for Montana. Here you go! The Garden Wall above the Highline Trail in Glacier NP.

Hayden Peak (12,479') in the Uintas reflected in a calm tarn on a cool summer afternoon.

Sunrise, Crestone Needle (14,191 FT), Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Colorado.

This was the only sun we had for 4 days up there, came and went in about 15 minutes.