#sawatch range

[adventurealldays]

[tetramodal]

Poncha Springs Acrylic on canvas 8x10". Charles Morgenstern, 2023. The Sawatch Range seen from Poncha Springs, Colorado.

[jupiter-bringer-of-jollity]

Time for a Tucking In by Patricia Henschen Via Flickr: Frantz Lake State Wildlife Area

[alidaisinthevalli]

In "high season" the ghost town of St Elmo, Colorado looks busy with tourists. People can explore, or rent an ATV, or bring a mountain bike to discover many of the trails around the area.

St. Elmo, Colorado - Wikipedia

[drewview]

Overnighter for Antero, Tabeguache, and Shavano. Been doing more day and a half type outings lately and have been trying to dial my kit to only bare essentials. Will be taking a bigger pack next time because it got colder than planned over night and I didn’t bring a sleeping bag (brought puffy pants instead, feet got cold), but was psyched to fit everything in the Scram pack for this outing. Below is my base weight.

UD Scram pack

Therma-rest Z-Lite Sol

OR Alpine Bivy

Sea to Summit Aeros Ultralight pillow

Pata Nano Air Light pant

Pata Micro Puff hoody

Pata thermal weight capaline

La Sportiva trail runner hardshell

Darn Tough socks

BD lightweight screen tap glove

Pack rain cover

Jetboil MicroMo

Jetboil 3.5oz fuel

BD roll sack (for food)

Buff

Homemade wag bag

Lighter

Petzl Bindi headlamp

Petzl Spatha knife

Battery and cable to charge phone

Scarpa Spin shoes

BD Alpine Carbon Z poles

Second photo: me on Antero with Shav Tab in the back.

[vintagenatgeo]

October 1979 | Vol. 156, No. 4

“First gas-filled balloon to cross the Continental Divide, Columbine II breezes over Colorado's Sawatch Range in July 1978. A month later, one of the pilots, Maxie L. Anderson, would take part in a much more historic flight: the first balloon crossing of the Atlantic in Double Eagle II.

[trailporn]

Fall and winter mingle on the outskirts of Leadville, Colorado.

[dramoor]

“He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.  For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him.  As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.  Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear Him. For He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.”

~Psalm 103:10-14

(Photo © dramoor 2017 Collegiate Peaks near Buena Vista, Colorado)