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Re: Above the Clouds

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Some from around Colorado over the past couple years:

Looking east from on the way up Longs:
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Looking down from Democrat:
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Quandary's West Ridge:
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West from Bison Peak:
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North from Windy Peak:
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The one in this trip report came to mind as a favorite for the category:

http://14ers.com/php14ers/tripreport.ph ... ki=Include

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High Above the Clouds in One of My Favorite Corners of Nepal-
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Another from Nepal-
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Above the Clouds On Denali
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This is what it looks like when you rappel into a cloud-
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More ridiculousness in AK-
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Denali's Camp Three, Mt Hunter and Kahiltna Dome above the clouds-
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Whiteface Mt., Adirondacks, NY, from 2005.

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Just to show that you don't have to get totally crazy to get above the cloud shots:
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Taken at the base of Father Dyer Peak this Saturday at about 6:40 AM. I do wish we could have been a bit further up the mountain before clouds burned off and gotten a better perspective.
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From Meteoroligist Joel Gratz.

"For any Denver/Boulder/Ft Collins folks looking for a unique sunrise photo on Saturday morning...
Front range friends... You might want to wake up early on Saturday and hike up a few thousand feet in the foothills. Four day forecasts show a layer of low clouds / fog enveloping the plains around sunrise. Always a super cool photograph to watch the sunset while above the clouds! Here's the model forecast...see where the green line and red line meet near the bottom? That's the model forecasting a saturated airmass near the ground, i.e. fog."
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mtngoat wrote:From Meteoroligist Joel Gratz.

"For any Denver/Boulder/Ft Collins folks looking for a unique sunrise photo on Saturday morning...
Front range friends... You might want to wake up early on Saturday and hike up a few thousand feet in the foothills. Four day forecasts show a layer of low clouds / fog enveloping the plains around sunrise. Always a super cool photograph to watch the sunset while above the clouds! Here's the model forecast...see where the green line and red line meet near the bottom? That's the model forecasting a saturated airmass near the ground, i.e. fog."
Where do you find this? I'd love to be able to see this more regularly, so I could know when it's worth it to wake up extra early for extra gorgeous views and photos.
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From the Bross-Lincoln Saddle:
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Wilson Peak:
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From Mount Yale:
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Pikes Peak:
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A couple from Rainier:
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Kevo wrote:High Above the Clouds in One of My Favorite Corners of Nepal-
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Another from Nepal-
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Above the Clouds On Denali
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This is what it looks like when you rappel into a cloud-
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More ridiculousness in AK-
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Denali's Camp Three, Mt Hunter and Kahiltna Dome above the clouds-
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wow - love those Nepal shots!
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farcedude wrote:
mtngoat wrote:From Meteoroligist Joel Gratz.

"For any Denver/Boulder/Ft Collins folks looking for a unique sunrise photo on Saturday morning...
Front range friends... You might want to wake up early on Saturday and hike up a few thousand feet in the foothills. Four day forecasts show a layer of low clouds / fog enveloping the plains around sunrise. Always a super cool photograph to watch the sunset while above the clouds! Here's the model forecast...see where the green line and red line meet near the bottom? That's the model forecasting a saturated airmass near the ground, i.e. fog."
Where do you find this? I'd love to be able to see this more regularly, so I could know when it's worth it to wake up extra early for extra gorgeous views and photos.

This was posted on OpenSnow this morning with the airmass graph.
http://www.facebook.com/findopensnow
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shaunster_co wrote:
farcedude wrote:
mtngoat wrote:From Meteoroligist Joel Gratz.

"For any Denver/Boulder/Ft Collins folks looking for a unique sunrise photo on Saturday morning...
Front range friends... You might want to wake up early on Saturday and hike up a few thousand feet in the foothills. Four day forecasts show a layer of low clouds / fog enveloping the plains around sunrise. Always a super cool photograph to watch the sunset while above the clouds! Here's the model forecast...see where the green line and red line meet near the bottom? That's the model forecasting a saturated airmass near the ground, i.e. fog."
Where do you find this? I'd love to be able to see this more regularly, so I could know when it's worth it to wake up extra early for extra gorgeous views and photos.

This was posted on OpenSnow this morning with the airmass graph.
http://www.facebook.com/findopensnow
Thanks! Now to find a good vantage point for Saturday morning!
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Looks like between 'em they done Tried to make me
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Not to be a downer or poo poo anything, but I'm always a bit skeptical of those low level layers predicted a week out, especially from the GFS. I don't know a ton about how these "Above the Clouds" set ups work out here, but I go under the general assumption that they are possible most mornings this time of year and will most likely set up where the previous days thunderstorm action was most active, and where the rain lingered longest into the night (I have had some good success forecasting these using this method). Now, there are certainly large scale patterns that will favor these set ups along the foothills which I am not super familiar with, so I won't dare venture out and say whether or not the GFS is predicting one of these. But, if the moist layer shown is associated with remnant convection predicted by the model and not with the large scale pattern, I wouldn't put too much stock into it. But hey, if its raining all night Friday where you are along the foothills, could be a good chance the low-clouds forecast will verify!

Also, since I did see another post from the 'Daks, here is my above clouds contribution!
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