Troop 45
Colorado 2002 Expedition
Colorado Preview Pictures

These are a collection of pictures that we took around the Arapaho National Forest, Winter Park, and some surrounding areas. They will give you a good "preview" of what is here.

 

This is a view from a ridge near Berthoud Pass looking down on two ponds that become Blue Creek.

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A view from that same ridge near Berthoud Pass looking toward the Indian Peaks and Rocky Mountain National Park.

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This picture we took on a drive up to Rollins Pass on a maintained (but bumpy) dirt road. The trussle you see (in the middle, it's small) was used by trains but is not now.

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For those going on the biking trips, this is what you may look like at the end of the day - after the rain and after the mud. Yes, we are soaked to the bone, cold, and I dare say a bit miserable.

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These pictures we took to demonstrate that the thunderclouds do exist - and they come in strong with thunder, lighting, rain, and we have even seen (and felt) some hail. The picture on the left was taken around 11:30 AM from Winter Park and the one on the right was taken at about 3:00 PM from Stillwater looking south toward Winter Park. So far we have seen rain at almost every time of day except morning (up to about 11:00 AM). Usually, it seems, the storms ease off as the afternoon goes by.

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These are our campsites - or at least a few of them. You will notice the thunderclouds behind them. I think that the weather patterns are such that most of the time Stillwater Campsite does not receive as much rain as the surrounding areas.

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This is one of the Troop's sites. All are a bit different - but it gives you a general idea of what they look like. They are not too big and we have to stay within the boundaries.

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Looking from our campsite, you can see Lake Granby in this picture. It is very low right now, as you may know already. Normally, we think it comes to within a few feet of the sites.