There are so many photos to share and where to start?
this is the dirt road that is called Fall River Road, it is the old highway that went to the top and over to the western side of the mountain. Now it is open going one way for 9 miles and ends at the visitor center at the top of the mountain in the Alpine area.
Throughout the photos in the alpine area and actually along this whole road you will see tall poles marking the side of the highway – these are snow poles – when they come up here in May they need to know where the road is to plow it, it normally takes them a month at least to plow the whole road – the black top highway Trail Ridge Road which you will see in other photos is about 29 miles long I believe.
Numerous pull outs are on this road so you can stop and take photos looking down the way you came and see others on their way up the road
a mountain valley view
this elk had just crossed the road in front of us and I managed to get a photo before he went into the woods while Mike was driving - we were barely 10 feet away from him - but safely in the car!
mountain lake - as the snow is melting this pretty lake is formed - it looked so clear and was turquoise in color
some of the mountains - I love these peaks
September 6th, 2009 at 10:47 am
Great pictures Karen. This road sounds a lot like the North Cascade Hiway that may or may not get opened each summer, depending on snow depth during the winter.
Crispy
September 6th, 2009 at 11:38 am
who could sew anything with all that to look at I am home looking at dirt and laundry.
September 6th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
So many lovely photo’s. Thank you, Karen !
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