It took nine years, but Snowmass was worth the wait. Marla and I backpacked to Snowmass Lake the week of the 4th and had the airy summit to ourselves. This image is looking towards the Maroon Bells, Pyramid Peak, Castle, and countless others.
I should have ID'd: Snowmass Lake is actuallly a pretty big alpine lake that looks puny from 3,000' above. The ridge is topped by Hagerman Peak (13,841') and Snowmass Peak (13,620'), which looks much taller than Snowmass Mountain from the lake.
Posted by Tom Stermitz on July 17, 2012 at 3:09 PM
Snowmass and Capitol are my favorite hikes in the Elks. Take your pick, the Snowmass ice field or the knife-edge ridge toward the summit of Capitol Peak. In my book, any of the Elk mountains are better than any of the Collegiate Range. (Not considering of course, the San Juans and the Crestones.)
Beautiful, Dave, and a great example of making daytime light work via a great comp! But the one I really, really like is the shot of Capitol on your blog!
No problem. I carried a smallish Gitzo with ballhead, Nikon D7000 with 16-85mm lens and made this shot at F16, 1/40th, ISO 200, Aperture priority probably -1/3, matrix metering, reviewed histogram for numerous exposures. I think I used a polarizer with minimal effect, but don't recall.
And BTW, it's more than a hike, with lots of large boulders that move and class 3 scrambling.
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I should have ID'd: Snowmass Lake is actuallly a pretty big alpine lake that looks puny from 3,000' above. The ridge is topped by Hagerman Peak (13,841') and Snowmass Peak (13,620'), which looks much taller than Snowmass Mountain from the lake.
Love the perspective your image offers.
Would be willing to share the EXIF info for the image??
And BTW, it's more than a hike, with lots of large boulders that move and class 3 scrambling.
Thanks Dave!
For some of the remote AWESOMENESS we crave so deeply, one must do a bit of scrambling!!