Best places to photograph Sneffels

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Best places to photograph Sneffels

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14er Photo enthusiasts: We are looking for recommendations on the best vantage points for photos of Mt. Sneffels. It's my wife's favorite 14er and we are planning a Fall colors trip there next week. Thanks!
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The Dallas Divide.
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Presto wrote:The Dallas Divide.
+1. This is my favorite single-mountain view in Colorado.
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Any word on when colors should be peaking near Tride/Ridgeway? i'm planning on heading up there on Monday, to D divide.
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This is the Dallas Divide last Sunday afternoon, Sept. 25:
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Georgia, I was surprised Telluride wasn't at peak last weekend like I was expecting, although Ouray/Silverton were. You should hit it perfectly on Monday for T'ride.
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DrGo,
Try County roads 5 and 7 (East Dallas Creek) off of highway 62

Road 7 (Blue Lakes trail head is at the end) has several cool views, including this one about a mile or less form the end:

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Road 5, right before it enters the Forest Service land, there's a great clearing with this view:

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Check out Darren's great page, scroll down to descriptions for those roads, some other cool shots for sure.


http://mycolorado.org/fall_drives.html

Good luck!
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Love your website Brent!
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I took the one less traveled by,
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JA_son27 wrote:Love your website Brent!

Thanks! :D I'm actually headed out in about an hour to shoot more! ! Cant wait!
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Thanks, everyone, for all the great advice! Brent, we enjoyed looking at your website. Beautiful photography! Thanks for sharing. Have a great trip.
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I think I found the spot where the cover photo for Roach's 14ers was shot. Hope to finish off the roll and get the slides back within a couple days.
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Thanks, everyone, for the great photo location suggestions! Friday, October 7th, gave us the last fall colors opportunity for Sneffels (a very brief 4-hour window in the morning). It had snowed the day before, so we had an unexpected frosty mixture with the late fall colors. Dallas Divide, Dallas Creek, Blue Lakes/Blaine Basin trailhead and Log Hill gave us lots of choices and a mad scramble to beat the weather.

Here is a link to a few of the photos we captured:

http://www.ompphoto.com/Colorado-14ers/ ... 9VcJV-A-LB" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Wow!! Gorgeous photos!!
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