Posted by Jamie Botdorf on April 12, 2009 at 11:46 PM
Headed out yesterday morning with hopes of catching some light on Loveland Pass before the storm came in. Ended up hitting parts of 5 passes in the course of the morning - Loveland, Hoosier, Boreas, Kenosha and Guanella before heading home. Never got the break in the flat light/cloud cover I was hoping for.
Oh well, it was still fun to be out. Call it a practice run. Here is a shot of Geneva Creek on the south side of Guanella Pass. Nothing fancy, but it was a good warm-up for when...well, when it warms up.
Nice shot, Jamie, despite the flat light. Im surprised theres no snow visible, guess there is now
Posted by Todd Caudle on April 13, 2009 at 10:32 AM
You made it up to Boreas Pass? How much snow is left?
Posted by Jamie Botdorf on April 13, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Todd - I only made it a short way up Boreas...basically drove in past Como up to the turn off where the real climb starts (maybe still 4+ miles from the pass). At the time, there wasn't that much snow on the lower part of the road and someone with a 4wd could probably make it pretty far. I was in my car and didn't feel compelled to go too far. It looked more muddy than snowed over.
I was surprised how far up Guanella I could go...I turned around about 1.5 miles past the "winter maintenance" sign and probably could have gone farther without too much trouble. I had to go pretty high to find snow on the ground.
There was no snow on the ground on Kenosha at the pass - though there might have been a bit higher up if you parked and hiked (I also found that surprising). There were campers in the campground on the North side of the pass.
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5 repliesOh well, it was still fun to be out. Call it a practice run. Here is a shot of Geneva Creek on the south side of Guanella Pass. Nothing fancy, but it was a good warm-up for when...well, when it warms up.
I was surprised how far up Guanella I could go...I turned around about 1.5 miles past the "winter maintenance" sign and probably could have gone farther without too much trouble. I had to go pretty high to find snow on the ground.
There was no snow on the ground on Kenosha at the pass - though there might have been a bit higher up if you parked and hiked (I also found that surprising). There were campers in the campground on the North side of the pass.