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Dec 7, 2008 at 5:05 pm #1232472

Dondo .
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Locale: Colorado Rockies

nm

Dec 13, 2008 at 5:14 pm #1464186

Anonymous
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What happened Dondo? This reminds me of some old girlfriends.

Dec 14, 2008 at 10:53 am #1464281

Dondo .
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Locale: Colorado Rockies

>>What happened Dondo? This reminds me of some old girlfriends.

Sorry, John. :-) It was a photo taken last weekend on a snowshoe hike with my wife at RMNP. We're using it on our Christmas card this year and I decided it needed a bit of work. Here's what I came up with:

Dec 14, 2008 at 11:36 am #1464290

Brian Barnes
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Locale: Midwest

Nice Dondo… I love that place!

Dec 14, 2008 at 12:24 pm #1464298

Dondo .
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Me too, Brian. I never get tired of getting up there. By the way, I enjoyed your photo essay about your trip across the Park earlier this year. It looked like quite a trip.

Dec 14, 2008 at 4:08 pm #1464327

Anonymous
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Great work Dondo and a fantastic Christmas card. The sepia treatment is perfect.

Dec 16, 2008 at 4:36 pm #1464807

George Matthews
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Nice Christmas card! I've been twice to RMNP hiking but in summer. On a trip in December a few years ago, my wife and I drove up to the entrance. The drive up on US34 was nice. Snowing a little on and off. In Estes Park there were elk in the road. Ever since then I've wondered about hiking in RMNP in winter. Will have to try it when I get the chance.

estes park

these next two look like b&w because snow was blocking the light i think

Dec 22, 2008 at 11:19 pm #1466041

Yoyo
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@dgposton
Locale: NYC metro

My wife and I snowshoed on Emerald Lake in December 2006. Was it frozen over enough to walk across?

Dec 23, 2008 at 12:25 pm #1466119

Dondo .
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>>Ever since then I've wondered about hiking in RMNP in winter. Will have to try it when I get the chance.

George, it's great in winter. The network of trails around Bear Lake and Glacier Gorge provide some of the finest snowshoeing opportunities around. Avalanche danger is low but the quality of scenery is very high. The road to both trailheads is kept plowed throughout the winter. I tend to avoid the area in summer because of the crowds but in winter this is four star hiking. If you don't have snowshoes, you can rent them in Estes Park.

If you like to photograph elk, you can usually find a good herd at Moraine Park around dusk.

Dec 23, 2008 at 12:33 pm #1466123

Dondo .
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"My wife and I snowshoed on Emerald Lake in December 2006. Was it frozen over enough to walk across?"

David, it probably was, but we didn't try this time. The winds ripping across the lake were cold and fierce and my wife was huddled in a clump of trees about twenty yards back when I took this shot. The fingertips I exposed to operate the camera became useless in a couple of minutes. On the way back, we did walk across Dream Lake.
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