Leadville, CO 2019

  This picture was taken only a few hundred yards from our rented house as we started on our way.    We found this mule deer doe.   There were several avalanches on the road that had been cleaned off only about a week earlier.   As we got closer to the top of the pass, we couldn't resist this picture.   Look closely and the next picture and you can see where snowmobile tracks are.   We finally reached the top of the pass.   Look closely and you will see a skier taking off     You can just barely see the top of the rest rooms, that weren't open.  They had brought portable units for folks to use.   We were on our way back down in the next pictures.   The next one is of the big front end loader used to help clear the road.  Notice the chains on the tires.   I...

This is a view out the front deck on the house we have rented for the summer.   Just to prove that you don't have to have a monster tow rig.  The car is a VW towing a trailer (taken in front of the Safeway store in Leadville.) I was antsy so I decided to see what it was like attempting to go up Hagerman Pass near Leadville.  I got this far and had to put the Jeep in 4WD and lock the axles to go farther. The depth of the snow was very deceptive.   Went a little farther and discovered the snow on the road was getting deeper so I turned around.   This is Torquios Lake.  The expert figured out how much runoff there is going to be due to the snow melt and had let the water down to make room for it.