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TCUTED wrote: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.
Well, it certainly happened in the Sangre De Cristos on Saturday! It was fantastic.
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djkest wrote:
TCUTED wrote: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.
Well, it certainly happened in the Sangre De Cristos on Saturday! It was fantastic.
It looks like there was some along the front range too! This is one of those cases where I am actually happy to be wrong! Get any pictures?
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djkest wrote:Well, it certainly happened in the Sangre De Cristos on Saturday! It was fantastic.
East or West side for that above the clouds thing?
We were on Comanche Peak Friday, and enjoyed beautiful stable weather.
A cold front was predicted to move in about midnight. I didn't notice.
The eastern side of the range did not benefit from the weather change.
(No rain or moisture that is)
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Summit of Lobuche with Ama Dablam over my head.
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TCUTED wrote:
djkest wrote:
TCUTED wrote: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.
Well, it certainly happened in the Sangre De Cristos on Saturday! It was fantastic.
It looks like there was some along the front range too! This is one of those cases where I am actually happy to be wrong! Get any pictures?
Sure I do. It was short-lived and to the south. These were taken from Crestone Peak around 7:45 AM. Unfortunately I was too distracted to take a lot of pics..

Unknown person on Crestone Needle's summit with the background all low-level clouds
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Spanish peaks rise through the clouds
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djkest
Thanks for the Excellent pictures.
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Couple more. This is East Crestone I believe from Crestone Peak.
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Huge Panorama: NE Crestone, Colony Baldy, E Crestone, Crestone Needle, Broken Hand Peak, Blanca Group, and more.
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Thanks for all of the pics...they really are beautiful. Like Anatoli said, "Mountains are cathedrals: grand and pure, the houses of my religion. I go to them as humans go to worship. From their lofty summits, I view my past, dream of the future, and with unusual acuity I am allowed to experience the present moment. My strength renewed, my vision cleared, in the mountains I celebrate creation. On each journey, I am reborn.
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Last month my friend and I were hiking down from the summit ridge on South Maroon and got caught in a rainstorm. After hurrying down the lower ridge the sun came out and we saw this rainbow below us in the valley.
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