Vandy Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado is a cool place in general, but when you are in the Glacier Gorge section of the park, you just constantly have the sense that you are somewhere very special. Here are a few pics from two trips I've made there recently. The Arrowhead. McHenry's Peak from the lower gorge. Shelf waterfall on a creek that flows 1000ft to the valley floor. A view of the massive Longs Peak massif from the top of the shelf. Lonely Shelf Lake. There isn't an official trail up here, so it's quiet and really quite serene. A view of the upper gorge. From left to right is Longs Peak, Keyboard of the Winds, Pagoda Mountain, the Spearhead, and Chiefs Head Mountain. I already can't wait to go back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Wow great pics! Looks beautiful out that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Mike Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Beautious. Thanks for the eye candy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 shame there's no snow left, does it normally melt out completely or was this just another low year snow wise? nice pics btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 shame there's no snow left, does it normally melt out completely or was this just another low year snow wise? A little bit of both really. Typically by late August into early September the non-glacial snow and ice are pretty much gone. But this year a lot of the terrain was already bare by mid June, which is indeed atypical. We had an extremely dry late Winter and Spring, and the mountain snowpack definitely took a hit. You can see the early end to the snow season in this graph: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Nice series. White coming soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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