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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 28, 2008 - 10:49am PT
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End of the day: looking back up at the Bells as an afternoon thunderstorm gathers.
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cowpoke
climber
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Jan 29, 2008 - 11:06am PT
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love that last one, Chiloe. the storm approaching with the scree spilling down the slope on the right really captures the short-term and long-term dynamics...and the latter has such a fluid appearance.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 29, 2008 - 11:22am PT
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Cowpoke, I'd bet that rock glacier below the north face was a real white glacier not too many years ago.
Imagine what the summer view would have been then.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Denver, Colorado
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Jan 29, 2008 - 06:44pm PT
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I did an ascent of the North face in '79. I remember standing on a block the size of train car that was teetering back and forth! Simulclimbed with my partner at close range so that the rocks wouldn't have too big of a start as they were raining down around whichever one of us was unlucky enough to be following at that moment. A good warm-up for this is to do a few laps on the Rotwand in Eldo.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - May 24, 2008 - 08:13am PT
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Looking through my old slides last night, I came across this one from a much earlier trip (1969).
Out of season now but it seemed worth sharing.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
The hear and now, currently Pasadena, CA
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May 24, 2008 - 01:29pm PT
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Wow, Chiloe, I need to get back to Colorado this fall! Beautiful!
Fletch
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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May 24, 2008 - 01:43pm PT
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A really wonderful thread! Great Saturday a.m. viewing over breakfast and rain. Thanks to all the pic contributors!
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - May 23, 2009 - 05:27pm PT
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Some views don't seem to go out of style. The June Outdoor Photographer arrived yesterday with this cover:
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - May 23, 2009 - 05:32pm PT
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The photographer behind that cover shot is a familiar name to many climbers:
Glenn Randall has made a career photographing the rich diversity found in Colorado's
landscapes. Among the most iconic of subjects in the state are the Maroon Bells, located
near Aspen.... In this beautiful summer image, Randall framed the scene with blooming
cow parsnip in the foreground. The white flowers set off the dramatic colors in the sky and
the alpenglow on the mountaintops.
Capturing a photograph like this is the product of anticipation and knowing an area well.....
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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May 23, 2009 - 05:51pm PT
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We saw Randall present here in Boulder a year or two ago.
A lot of his work showcased that great depth of field with the indigenous flowers in the immediate foreground leading the eye across great expanses finally to rest upon those marvelously structured peaks.
I always thought it was too bad that Vertigo Games wasn't offered in hardback: or was it?
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - May 24, 2009 - 12:03am PT
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Vertigo Games is said to be "hard to find." I don't have a copy myself.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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May 24, 2009 - 11:54am PT
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This is what the Maroon Bells look like from the backside. This photo was taken from Lead King Basin which is on the western side of the Snowmass-Maroon Bells Wilderness Area.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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May 24, 2009 - 12:05pm PT
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Snowmass Mountain as seen from Lead King Basin on the western boundary of the Snowmass Wilderness Area. In the basin at the foot of the mountain is a lake labeled Little Snowmass Lake on some maps but known more commonly as Geneva Lake.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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May 24, 2009 - 12:15pm PT
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Looking further west. Sheep Mountain on the left foreground. Crystal City in the valley straight ahead, Treasury Mountain in the background.
There used to be a stage coach line that ran from Crested Butte over Schofield Pass and Sheep Mountain down to Lead King Basin and on down to Crystal City and Marble, then Carbondale.
I'm wondering if the people who skied from Crested Butte to Aspen went via Lead King or further south?
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - May 24, 2009 - 05:41pm PT
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Nice views, Jan. Did you do that backpack circuit around the Bells -- by way of West Maroon Pass
and Buckskin Pass? I thought that was just about the coolest hike ever.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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May 24, 2009 - 09:42pm PT
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Chiloe-
My hiking has all been from the western side as I lived in Marble every summer during the late 1950's up through 1964. Also, my family has a couple of cabins/shacks in Lead King. I hope to spend summers in one of them when I retire.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 6, 2009 - 10:22am PT
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Reflection from Bob D'A:
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landcruiserbob
Trad climber
Maui or Vail ; just following the sun.......
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I believe Fritz did the Bells in 71. He was the first true ski mountaineer of his time. I think he skied Cho in the mid 60's. He was a stallion who disappeared in Afganistan during the war with Russia. The women in Aspen still miss him.....rg
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 17, 2009 - 07:51pm PT
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As an early birthday present, my folks gave me a copy of this charming new (2009) book by
Jack Reed and Gene Ellis:
Rocks Above the Clouds: A Hiker's and Climber's Guide to Colorado Mountain Geology.
It's been fun browsing through, range by range.
Here's part of what I learned about the Maroon Bells:
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