Wednesday, June 09, 2021

Colorado 2021

view to and from Devil's Playground and Summit (elev 14,115') on Pikes Peak



Colorado Cat

Balanced Rock

Garden of the Gods

Transit route Colorado Springs to Aspen

Crater Lake, elevation 10,076'

Maroon Lake, with view of North Maroon Peak (elev 14,014') & South Maroon Peak (elev 14,156')

BNSF & Ferromex Train along the Colorado River

hotel room sunrise in Avon

downtown Vail

Hotel ski slope

Hotel lunch in the room

Reading from the hotel room

Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park

The road had opened for the season the day before

Alpine Visitor Center, elevation 11,796'

View from high point on Trail Ridge Road, elevation 12,183'

View of Longs Peak (elev 14,259') and Stones Peak (elev 12,922')

Longs Peak

Longs Peak

Elk

Bear Lake 

Bear Lake, view of Hallett Peak (elev 12,720')

Vice Grip Garage point out

Cog Railway, Pikes Peak Summit

Cog Cut turn along Pikes Peak Highway

Pikes Peak's new summit house, the donut machine was not open yet

Stanley Hotel, built by Freelan Stanley and inspiration for Stephen King's The Shining

3 comments:

Dad said...

Far from any ocean and way above sea level. The pictures show you had a wonderful trip

Vaquero said...

What was your time to the top of Pike's Peak?

Joel said...

Under an hour