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Super snow in Crested Butte (Colorado) - draft 2004/11/25
- with Aneta's pictures

Day 1 Denver ... Loveland Pass ... Keystone ...to... Leadville, Colorado
Nov 2004 .... Loveland Pass, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Loveland Pass, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Loveland Pass, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Loveland Pass, Colorado
Nov 2004 .... Loveland Pass, Colorado We left Denver close to noon. Aneta was willing to try snow camping with the help of a rented 0 Fahrenheit sleeping bag. I was looking forward to a weekend of picture taking :-). There was no real plan of places to go, but i wanted to start in the area of Leadville, just 2 hours from Denver.





Nov 2004 .... Keystone, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Keystone, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Keystone, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Keystone, Colorado

Nov 2004 .... Keystone, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Leadville, Colorado Somehow it was almost dark when we got near Leadville. I found my old campspot from 1999, but this time snow covered the trail leading to it. The snow didn't seem deep but there was an incline along the way. After some side-sliding and tree brushing, we arrived at a serene spot, interrupted only by the sound of cars on a not-so-distant road.




Day 2 Leadville ...to... Crested Butte, Colorado
Nov 2004 .... Leadville, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Leadville, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Leadville, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Leadville, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Leadville, Colorado
Nov 2004 .... Leadville, Colorado morning snow...... snowy Leadville... horses
-15 C along way... Monarch Pass
snowed road 12"





Nov 2004 .... Twin Lakes, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Twin Lakes, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Twin Lakes, Colorado

Day 3 Crested Butte
Nov 2004 .... Crested Butte, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Crested Butte, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Crested Butte, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Crested Butte, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Crested Butte, Colorado
Nov 2004 .... Crested Butte, Colorado snowy morning... hiking 7miles... snow snow snow
12" on car... ditch + tow truck







Day 4 Crested Butte ...to... Denver
Nov 2004 .... Crested Butte, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Crested Butte, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Crested Butte, Colorado

Nov 2004 .... Crested Butte, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Crested Butte, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Crested Butte, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Crested Butte, Colorado

city
-19 C... slow on Summit Pass
Nov 2004 .... Crested Butte, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Crested Butte, Colorado

back in civilization...
Nov 2004 .... Crested Butte, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Crested Butte, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Crested Butte, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Crested Butte, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Crested Butte, Colorado Nov 2004 .... Crested Butte, Colorado

story details coming soon... All pictures here are from Aneta's camera....... mine from 20rolls--who knows when

# pursue passion #


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First Posted: November 30, 2004
Last Updated: Thu, September 1, 2005 22:36