Rocky Mountain High pursuing the Elusive Ptarmigan
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Rocky Mountain High pursuing the Elusive Ptarmigan
A hunting buddy and I loaded up our dogs on our ATVs and headed up to the high country in the Front Range out of Denver this past Sept. The road into the hunting area is an old railroad grade that ran between Denver and Winter Park. The old road starts at 8000' and ends at 11,300'. Our ATVs had no problem with the altitude as they are jetted for our Colorado elevations. The fall colors were spectacular this fall, and even though we didn't find the birds, the journey was worth it.
Fall Colors in the valley:
More fall colors:
Fall colors again:
This was the end of the road for the ATVs, then a hike of another 500' to reach our destination:
We were hiking up to the top of this ridge:
Here's the elevation of our destination:
Fall Colors in the valley:
More fall colors:
Fall colors again:
This was the end of the road for the ATVs, then a hike of another 500' to reach our destination:
We were hiking up to the top of this ridge:
Here's the elevation of our destination:
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Rocky Mountain High pursuing the Elusive Ptarmigan
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: firehog
Nice pics. I like the fall colors. I'll bet its all white now! LOL!</end quote></div>
I see you are using my old avatar [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] that is cool it fits you name better! LOL
Nice pics. I like the fall colors. I'll bet its all white now! LOL!</end quote></div>
I see you are using my old avatar [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] that is cool it fits you name better! LOL