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Album Published May 8, 2019

Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument

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Album Published May 8, 2019

Streetcraft

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Album Published May 8, 2019

Watercraft

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Aircraft

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Album Published May 7, 2019

Tonto Natural Bridge State Park

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Album Published May 6, 2019

Carhenge

I'm not sure if Carhenge fits in the "Landscapes" category. But if I'm going to include these pictures in my collection, "Landscapes" is a better fit than "Machines". It's a replica of Stonehenge, but built with old cars instead of stones. I figured it was the most interesting place nearby to view the total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017.

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Album Published May 6, 2019

Scotts Bluff National Monument

Scotts Bluff is a geographical feature, Scottsbluff is a town. The geographical feature is protected by the Scotts Bluff National Monument. The bluff, rising 800' above the North Platte River, served as an important landmark for pioneers on the Oregon Trail, California Trail, Mormon Trail and Pony Express Trail. Surprisingly, it is not the highest point in Nebraska.

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Album Published May 6, 2019

Nebraska

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Album Published May 5, 2019

Washington, D.C.

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San Francisco

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San Diego

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Phoenix

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Album Published May 5, 2019

Honolulu

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Album Published May 5, 2019

Hong Kong

I took a business trip to Hong Kong. They scheduled it to include a weekend, the idea being that I'd have time to do some sight-seeing. Didn't work out that way, as I worked 18 hour days in their office for most of my stay.

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Album Published May 5, 2019

Denver

Early days yet on this page - I need to dig through the archives.

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Album Published May 5, 2019

Wind Cave National Park

Wind Cave National Park is an unobtrusive yet interesting place. Established in 1903 by President Theodore Roosevelt, it was the seventh national park and the first cave to be designated a national park anywhere in the world. The cave is notable for its calcite formations known as boxwork. About 95 percent of the world's discovered boxwork formations are found here. Wind Cave is one of the longest caves in the world with nearly 150 miles of explored cave passageways. Above ground, the park includes the largest remaining natural mixed-grass prairie in the United States. It's also a tough place for us amateurs to get interesting photographs.

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Album Published May 4, 2019

Junco Lake

Trailhead: Wild Basin
Via: Bluebird Lake
Distance: 7.2 mi
Elevation Change: 3,120'
At Bluebird Lake, climb one of the grassy ramps up the ridge to the south. It is probably best to reach the top of the ridge as soon as possible. Continue along the top of the ridge, overlooking Ouzel creek one one side and dramatic views of Bluebird Lake on the other, to Pipit Lake.

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Album Published May 3, 2019

Alberta Falls

Trailhead: Glacier Gorge
Distance: 0.8 mi
Elevation Change: 220' From the trailhead, hike about a quarter mile to the junction with the trail from Bear Lake. Turn left and pass through some scenic aspen groves. The trail climbs slightly to an overlook of Glacier Creek. Continue hiking up a couple of switchbacks to the Falls.

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Album Published May 2, 2019

Muir Woods National Monument

Muir Woods is a smallish National Monument (established in 1908), protecting less than a square mile of old-growth coastal redwoods. It's part of the Golden Gate National Recreational area and is only about 12 miles from San Francisco.

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Album Published April 26, 2019

Shadow Mountain Lookout

Trailhead: East Shore
Distance: 5.4 mi
Elevation Change: 1,503' The trail doesn't actually enter RMNP until you've been hiking for half a mile. The first mile and a quarter or so (both inside and outside the Park) skirts along the shore of Shadow Mountain Lake. At the Shadow Mountain Lookout trail junction, make a left turn. The trail goes along the top of a ridge for a while, then around to the east side of a knob. After contouring along a slope, the trail resumes climbing to the tower.

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Album Published April 23, 2019

Sandia Crest

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Album Published April 23, 2019

Pecos National Historical Park

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Album Published April 23, 2019

Bandelier National Monument

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Album Published April 23, 2019

New Mexico

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Snow Lake

Trailhead: American Lakes
Via: Michigan Lakes
Distance: 3.9 mi
Elevation Change: 1,690'
Stay on the north side of Michigan Lakes, then follow the faint trail steeply uphill through willow.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Parika Lake

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Michigan Lakes

Trailhead: American Lakes
Distance: 3.5 mi
Elevation Change: 1,401'
The trail begins as a doubletrack; an old road that is closed to motorized traffic. Cross Michigan Ditch (a water diversion program) and follow the American Lakes trail through the trees. After crossing another creek (the Michigan River), the trail climbs steeply on several switchbacks above treeline before levelling out a bit before reaching the lakes.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Lake of the Clouds

Trailhead: Colorado River
Distance: 7.0 mi
Elevation Change: 2,390' Hike north from the trailhead to the Red Mtn trail junction. Turn west and cross the Colorado River. The trail makes three stream crossings before arriving at the Grand Ditch. Continue north and cross the ditch at Big Dutch Creek. This trail peters out in a boulder field. Climb the grassy ramp to the right of the falls to reach the lake.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Watanga Lake

Trailhead: Roaring Fork
Distance: 4.8 mi
Elevation Change: 2,480' Hike three and a half miles to the junction with the Watanga Lake trail. This trail climbs steeply for a bit more than a mile to the lake.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Lake Verna

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Timber Lake

Trailhead: Timber Lake
Distance: 5.0 mi
Elevation Change: 2,000' The Timber Lake trail goes about half way around Jackstraw Mountain, climbing first through aspen then mature pine forest. About halfway there's a detour due to a landslide caused by the 2013 floods. This detour (at least when I was last there) is steep and may have uncertain footing.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Spirit Lake

Trailhead: East Inlet
Via: Lake Verna
Distance: 7.8 mi
Elevation Change: 1,900' The official trail ends at Lake Verna. On the left (north) side of Lake Verna, follow an unmaintained trail a bit less than a mile to Spirit Lake.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Ptarmigan Lake

Trailhead: Bear Lake
Via: Flattop Mtn
Distance: 5.9 mi
Elevation Change: 2,010' On Flattop Mtn, hike west about a quarter mile to the junction with the Tonahutu Creek Trail. Go west on this trail to Ptarmigan Point. From here, leave the trail and continue west across the tundra and descend into the Ptarmigan Lake cirque.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Lake Nokoni

Trailhead: North Inlet
Distance: 10.3 mi
Elevation Change: 2,280' Hike 7.7 miles up the North Inlet trail to the junction with the Nokoni/Nanita trail. These first seven miles are easy, gaining only about 1,000' of elevation. Take a right turn. The trail descends slightly before climbing in several switchbacks to Nokoni. The trail is highly engineered and easy hiking, without many roots or rocks to step over.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Lake Nanita

Trailhead: North Inlet
Via: Lake Nokoni
Distance: 11.1 mi
Elevation Change: 2,280' Continue south from Lake Nokoni. The trail zigzags up to a saddle for about three tenths of a mile, then descends gradually six tenths of a mile to Lake Nanita.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Lone Pine Lake

Trailhead: East Inlet
Distance: 5.3 mi
Elevation Change: 1,500' The first half (or so) of the trail climbs gently, or should I say, hardly climbs at all, gaining only a few hundred feet. The second half climbs steadily, over hundreds of stone steps built into the trail. Passing through mixed aspen and pine forest, the trail occasionaly offers dramatic views of the valley to the west.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Haynach Lake

Trailhead: Green Mtn
Distance: 8.7 mi
Elevation Change: 2,260' The Green Mtn trail goes 1.8 miles to Big Meadows, where it meets the Tonahutu Creek Trail. Head north for six tenths of a mile to the next trail junction. Head east, continuing up Tonahutu Creek and through the Big Meadows burn scar. Watch for the spur trail that heads north to Haynach Lake.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Fifth Lake

Trailhead: East Inlet
Via: Fourth Lake
Distance: 9.3 mi
Elevation Change: 2,460' Follow a faint trail along the north and east shores of Fourth Lake and follow the stream. This trail leaves the stream and continues straight up the slope. When you get about as high as the bench to the right, strike across the slope. Back at the stream, hop rock to rock up to Fifth Lake.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Fourth Lake

Trailhead: East Inlet
Via: Spirit Lake
Distance: 8.4 mi
Elevation Change: 1,980' Skirt along the northern shore of Spirit Lake toward the inlet. The trail is faint, and splits and rejoins several times around occasional deadfall. Stay to the left of the stream.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Chickaree Lake

Trailhead: Onahu Creek
Distance: 2.6 mi
Elevation Change: 480' Follow the Onahu Creek trail for a bit less than two miles. When the trail crosses Onahu Creek (not the first creek, but the second) leave the trail and head northeast through lodgepole pine forest.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Bench Lake

Trailhead: North Inlet
Distance: 7.3 mi
Elevation Change: 1,640' Follow the North Inlet trail about 6.7 miles through a broad valley featuring a meandering stream and the occasional pond. Immediately after crossing Ptarmigan creek, find the faint trail that ascends the slope beside the stream.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Twin Sisters Peaks

Trailhead: Twin Sisters
Distance: 3.4 mi
Elevation Change: 2,253' The first half of the trail climbs the west slope of the mountain, switching back several times. Sections of these switchbacks were destroyed in the floods of 2013. Detours are steep and may be treacherous. On the east side of the mountain, the trail rises above treeline. The official trail ends at the lower, western summit.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Estes Cone

Trailhead: Longs Peak
Distance: 3.3 mi
Elevation Change: 1,606' Follow the East Longs Peak trail half a mile to the junction with the trail to Eugenia Mine. Turn right. At the major trail junction 2.6 miles from the trailhead, turn right again. The last half mile to the summit is steep, climbing 600' up a series of switchbacks.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Chasm Lake

Trailhead: Longs Peak
Distance: 4.2 mi
Elevation Change: 2,380' From the trailhead, hike three and a quarter miles to Chasm Junction. From here the trail descends gently, traversing a steep dropoff that is quite treacherous when snow is present. Cross the Roaring Fork. After a meadow, negotiate a rock bench before reaching the lake.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Twin Lakes

Trailhead: Thunder Lake
Distance: 6.6 mi
Elevation Change: 1,360' Take the Thunder Lake trail to the second switchback above the upper end of the campground shortcut. Head off trail to the east, contouring along the slope. It is better to gain a little elevation than lose a little. The lakes lie on a bench about a quarter mile after leaving the trail.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Thunder Lake

Trailhead: Wild Basin
Distance: 6.2 mi
Elevation Change: 2,074' The trail follows North St. Vrain Creek for quite a while. Take the campsite shortcut to save some distance (although this means bypassing Calypso Cascades and Ouzel Falls). After the shortcut regains the main trail, it leaves creekside and climbs through the forest. At the Lion Lake trail junction, keep left. Just before arriving at Thunder Lake, the trail descends a bit. You've arrived when you see the hitching post and then the patrol cabin.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Snowbank Lake

Trailhead: Wild Basin
Via: Lion Lake #2
Distance: 7.1 mi
Elevation Change: 3,021'
From Lion Lake #2, make the short hike to the bench that holds Snowbank Lake.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Sandbeach Lake

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Pipit Lake

Trailhead: Wild Basin
Via: Bluebird Lake
Distance: 7.2 mi
Elevation Change: 2,920'
At Bluebird Lake, drop into the small chasm and cross the outlet stream. Hike on the north side of the lake, climbing gradually such that you go to the right and above the prominent rock outcropping on the west side of the lake. Continue up a gully and through a small section of krummholz to reach Lark Pond. From there it's a short hike to the next bench and Pipit Lake.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Pear Lake

Trailhead: Finch Lake
Via: Finch Lake
Distance: 7.0 mi
Elevation Change: 2.102' From Finch Lake, continue up the trail two more miles. The trail goes slightly downhill at first, crossing the outlet from Finch and shortly thereafter crossing Cony Creek. This section of trail doesn't offer much in the way of views but it's pretty nonetheless, passing through thin forest and alongside occasional meadows.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Ouzel Lake

Trailhead: Wild Basin
Via: Ouzel Falls
Distance: 5.0 mi
Elevation Change: 1,520'
Shortly after the Ouzel Falls, turn left on the Bluebird Trail. After a couple switchbacks, the trail gains the top of a ridge with open views due to the fire. After another mile or so, take the Ouzel Lake spur trail for another four tenths of a mile.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Ouzel Falls

Trailhead: Wild Basin
Distance: 2.7 mi
Elevation Change: 960'
The trail follows North St. Vrain Creek to where Cony Creek flows into it. The trail then climbs next to Cony Creek to Calypso Cascades. The trail winds around a bit, through lower elevation sections of the 1978 burn scar from the Ouzel Fire until it reaches Ouzel Falls.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Lion Lake #2

Trailhead: Wild Basin
Via: Lion Lake #1
Distance: 6.9 mi
Elevation Change: 2,920'
Follow the faint trail along the east shore of Lion Lake #1 towards Trio Falls. Climb north up the rock wall and work through willow and krumholz to Lion Lake #2.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Lion Lake #1

Trailhead: Wild Basin
Distance: 6.3 mi
Elevation Change: 2,580'
Take the Wild Basin trail to the campground cutoff, just before the bridge over the river. This shortcut saves a few tenths of a mile, but skips Calypso Cascades and Ouzel Falls. Not long after returning to the main trail (to Thunder Lake), take the spur trail to Lion Lake #1. The climb isn't that steep, but it is unrelenting until shortly before the lake.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Lake of Many Winds

Trailhead: Wild Basin
Via: Thunder Lake
Distance: 7.5 mi
Elevation Change: 3,120'
Pass the patrol cabin and skirt the northern shore of Thunder Lake. The trail beyond the lake gets increasingly steep, gaining more than a thousand vertical feet in about a mile. The trail is sometimes indistinct, but not very difficult to follow. Wildflowers abound on the high slopes of the trail.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Keplinger Lake

Trailhead: Sandbeach Lake
Distance: 6.5 mi
Elevation Change: 3,356'
From the Sandbeach Lake Trailhead, hike 3.2 miles to Hunters Creek. Leave the main trail and head northeast up the creek. About a mile and a quarter up the drainage, cross the tributary that joins Hunters Creek in a meadow at about 10,500'. Continue up Hunters Creek. It is best to cross Hunters Creek before encountering the willow around the unnamed pond at 11,200'. At the next unnamed lake, cross Hunters Creek again and go up the ridge another half mile to Keplinger Lake.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Hutcheson Lakes

Trailhead: Finch Lake
Via: Pear Lake
Distance: 8.6 mi
Elevation Change: 2,700' Arriving at Pear Lake, follow the trail to the left of the hitching posts. The trail takes you to an overview of Lower Hutcheson Lake then fades. Stay north of Cony Creek, keeping upslope to avoid krummholz and willow to continue to Upper Hutcheson Lake.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Finch Lake

Trailhead: Finch Lake Distance: 5.0 mi Elevation Change: 1,432' The trail climbs to the top of a ridge, crosses to the other side, and descends a bit before reaching a trail junction. Continue west, up a steep section and back over the top of the ridge to another trail junction. Bearing left, the trail passes through a section of the Ouzel burn scar affording open views of the peaks to the north. The trail descends again as it approaches Finch Lake.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Falcon Lake

Trailhead: Wild Basin
Via: Thunder Lake
Distance: 7.2 mi
Elevation Change: 2,560' Pass the patrol cabin at Thunder Lake on the fairly well-defined trail along the northern shore. After climbing through the trees to open terrain, move north across the talus field to the outlet from Falcon Lake.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Eagle Lake

Trailhead: Wild Basin
Via: Box Lake
Distance: 7.2 mi
Elevation Change: 2,320' Climb the grassy ramp on the southest side of Box Lake to the top of a bench. On this bench is an unnamed pond and lots of willow and krumholz. On the west end of this pond there's a grassy ramp that makes travel easier. Follow that to granite slabs that overlook the eastern end of Eagle Lake.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Cony Lake

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Castle Lake

Trailhead: Wild Basin
Via: Lion Lake #1
Distance: 6.6 mi
Elevation Change: 2,640' Just before arriving at Lion Lake #1, about when it comes into view, contour southeast along a bench for a bit over a quarter mile.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Box Lake

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Bluebird Lake

Trailhead: Wild Basin
Distance: 6.3 mi
Elevation Change: 2,478' From the Wild Basin Trailhead follow the Thunder Lake trail for 3.4 miles past Calypso Cascades and Ouzel Falls to the Bluebird/Ouzel trail. This trail turns south and climbs to the top of a ridge which was burned in the Ouzel fire in 1978, giving open vistas of the surrounding mountains. From the junction with the Ouzel Lake trail to Bluebird Lake is about 1.7 miles and climbs a thousand feet, passing through fields thick with wildflowers.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Never Summer Mountains

Coming off Trail Ridge Road towards the village of Grand Lake, the range of mountains to the west are the Never Summer Mountains. The top of this ridgeline is the western boundary of the park. Most of the destinations here are reached from trailheads along the headwaters of the Colorado River.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Southwest Corner

The Southwest Corner is the area south of East Inlet, east of Grand Lake and Shadow Mountain Lake, and north of the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area (although some destinations here are, in fact, in the IPWA). There are few trails here, and relatively few visitors.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

West Side Central

The West Side Central destinations are served from several trailheads along Trail Ridge Road, on five major drainages: Timber Creek, Onahu Creek, Tonahutu Creek, North Inlet, and East Inlet. This part of the park tends to get more moisture, the valleys are often wider with meandering streams and long, flat sections of trail. I typically see more moose here than elk and deer, and the trails tend to be less crowded than either East Side Central or Wild Basin.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Eastern Perimeter

The eastern boundary of the Park abuts civilization: princiapally the towns of Estes Park and Allenspark. This section covers destinations found along Colorado highway 7, either inside the Park or on National Forest Service land.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Longs Peak Group

Longs Peak is the only 14er in the Park and is visible nearly everywhere you go. This section covers destinations on the Longs Peak massif: Longs Peak, Mount Meeker, Mount Lady Washington and Moore Park.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Wild Basin

Wild Basin is the southeastern part of the park. Most of its wonders lie farther from roads, meaning longer hikes, but the extra effort is rewarded with spendid alpine lakes, rugged peaks, and a multitude of waterfalls.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Lassen Peak and Cinder Cone were declared as U.S. National Monuments in May 1907 by President Theodore Roosevelt, and the area was established as a National Park in 1916. It is home to steaming fumaroles, wildflower filled meadows, clear mountain lakes, and, of course, numerous volcanoes.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park contains 12 miles of the 48-mile long Black Canyon of the Gunnison River. The national park itself contains the deepest and most dramatic section of the canyon. The canyon's name owes itself to the fact that parts of the gorge only receive 33 minutes of sunlight a day. Several canyons in the American west are longer and some deeper, but none combines the depth, sheerness, narrowness, and darkness of the Black Canyon.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Yosemite National Park

If national parks were named for their outstanding features, Yosemite would probably be called Granite Slabs National Park. Established in 1890, it is one of the most famous and most visited National Parks in the country. Although it covers nearly 1200 square miles, most visitors spend their time in the 7 square miles of Yosemite Valley.

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Album Published April 22, 2019

Grand Teton National Park

The peaks of the Teton Range rise dramatically over the valley of Jackson Hole, soaring five to seven thousand feet. The Tetons are fronted by a series of clear water natural lakes (and one reservoir) which feed the Snake River. The park was established in 1929 after failed attempts to increase the size of neighboring Yellowstone National Park.

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