One of Colorado’s most prominent fourteen thousand foot peaks, Mount Sneffels is located in the northern San Juan’s just out side of Ouray. I have been coming here almost every summer since I was born. There is something about these mountains that capture you the moment your in their midst. These peaks give off such a strong positive energy its hard not to love being around and on top of them. This past month I visited the 14,150 ft summit of Sneffels for the second time making sure to capture the amazing views on the way up and down.
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- Sneffels catches your eye right away.
- A view from inside Lavender couloir
- Looking north from the summit towards Montrose & Grand Junction.
- Amazing southern view of Yankee boy Basin as well as the runs of Telluride in the distance.
Here’s a few snaps of Lonnie Kauk sending Wicked Bender 5.13b this past weekend in Echo Canyon Utah. He almost on- sighted this beast managing to red point the route second attempt. The dry wall at Echo offers some interesting afternoon climbing on embedded cobble stone right off the I-80. Just hope a train doesn’t roll by when your at a crux… this place is pretty damn noisy. All photos shot with a canon G10.
Check out a shaky (no tripod) video I took from my trip to Alaska this past April. It gives a small glimpse of the 360 degree Mountain view right off the road before entering the heart of Thompson pass. Our heli staging zone was just below where this video was taken and at .13seconds of the video you can see the zone called “the books” where we rode.
I filmed a bunch more stuff from AK so stay tuned for a few more of these short videos coming soon!
I found my self shooting a lot of long exposures during our many nights staying on Thompson Pass, Alaska. On the clear nights the stars were out in full force and the mountains stood tall glowing under the moonlight creating an amazing luminous frozen landscape. Despite the cold I would try and stay out as long as I could shooting and waiting for a chance to capture the Northern Lights but mother nature decided against giving me the famous show, which was a bummer. Unfortunately not having a remote trigger or a timer remote controller I was left with my in camera 30 second exposure. Although I wasn’t able to get some really long exposures I was happy with what I was able to get under the time limit circumstances. Below are just a couple of my favorites from the trip including the first photo set of multiple self portraits taken around the ABA base camp where I popped myself with my g10. Second photo is of the Moon rising over The Books Mtn Range and the third photo a panoramic shot of ABA base camp under a full moon.
To bring you up to speed this last April I jumped in the SNOWREV RV for one of the most epic road trips ever. Destination Valdez, Alaska…. ETA 74 hrs with a whooping total 3035 miles starting from Salt Lake City. Check the links below to follow the journey and see all the photos from the drive north.
- Sneffels catches your eye right away.
- A view from inside Lavender couloir
- Looking north from the summit towards Montrose & Grand Junction.
- Amazing southern view of Yankee boy Basin as well as the runs of Telluride in the distance.
