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The first photo below marks the beginning of my ride over the highest pass of the trip - Trail Ridge - at 12,283 feet of altitude. I would camp on the opposite side of the pass for a week to do some hiking and to make another ride to the top of Trail Ridge without the luggage on the bike.
This entire page, and some of the following page records my extended stay in Rocky Mountain National Park.
The sun position could not be worse for this shot.
View from Fairview Curve on Trail Ridge Road.
This high alpine pass just opened for the season today.
Fairview Curve Overlook
Fairview Curve Overlook, Rocky Mountain National Park.
A ground squirrel peeking into my food pannier.
He is really stretching that neck.
The dot in the center of the snowfield is actually two Bighorn Sheep.
My second crossing of the Continental Divide.
Water flows east or west from here.
Lake Poudre is still frozen on May 23.
Huge snow drifts caused by road clearing equipment.
Rocky Mountain National Park view.
Medicine Bow Curve Overlook approaching 12,000 feet altitude.
Medicine Bow Curve on Trail Ridge Road.
I was wondering:
How can there be so much wind but no air to breathe?
View from Trail Ridge Road.
Alpine Visitor Center near the summit of Trail Ridge Road.
Above 12,000 feet elevation fighting a 50 mph crosswind and no oxygen in the air. I had to stop and rest every 30 seconds.
The poles help keep snow plows from taking a death plunge.
Trail Ridge Road at 12,000 feet elevation.
View from Trail Ridge Road near the summit.
Bikes and blue skies go well together.
The windy summit! 12,000+ feet of elevation. You can see my clothes flapping in the wind and my bike blew over seconds after this photo was snapped. Click the thumbnail to hear my windbreaker getting thrashed.
That "gouge" in the mountain on the right is the road that I am now decending.
Forest Canyon Overlook
Rainbow Curve Overlook
Daytrip in Rocky Mountain National Park.
The road to Endovalley.
Roaring River Falls created by a failed high country dam.
Notice the road curving up the opposite side to Rainbow Curve Overlook.
I am taking a day trip from Estes Park to the Trail Ridge Summit.
The view from Rainbow Curve overlook as my water bottles were starting to freeze.
View of Long's Peak from Trail Ridge Road.
Day trip to Trail Ridge Summit. Chill factor was -20°F.
Snowstorm on the way.
I am impressed that the camera is still functioning despite the cold.
Scene from Trail Ridge.
May 25. Trail Ridge Summit. 12,283 feet.
No doubt the highest bicycle in North America today.
The weather is getting worse. Time to get out of here.
Photo taken by a fellow hiker after my camera froze up.
Marker at the summit of Trail Ridge.
Marker at the summit of Trail Ridge.
Mule deer in Aspenglen Campground.
Bighorn Sheep in Endovalley.
Bighorn Sheep in Endovalley taken with flash to see snowflakes.
Bighorn Sheep in Endovalley taken without flash.
Elk in Endovalley
Me hiking at Bear Lake.
Campground Chiller...sort of.
No wonder it felt so cold in my tent.
Bear Lake day hike.
Deer Mountain with several elk in the far meadow.
Click the image before I freeze up here.
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