p.e. no.14b - Avery Peak in 3D

I took some 3D pictures while up on Avery. They're no Pandora, but I like making them. For viewing info click here.

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p.e. no.14 - Avery Peak

A few days ago I caught this image of Avery Peak at sunset. See how the snow blows off the top?


It looked very different last May when a group of us hiked up to the summit...

This is the entrance to an old mine shaft on the side of the abandoned road into Virginia Basin.


Looking back at Gothic Mountain from Virginia Basin.



Avery is pyramid shaped. Once we reached the mountain itself we followed the narrow ridge up to the summit. This pinnacle is almost unnoticeable from below, but dominates the valley from just above.



Weeks before this hike a dust storm blew in from Utah depositing a fine layer of pinkish powder on everything. The dust being darker than snow, it quickly melted its way through the snow pack, exposing the ground much faster than normal.









Gothic face and bowl from near the summit of Avery.








The town of Crested Butte.



Me.

Shadows and Fog

Last Wednesday a fog bank descended into town just as the sun came up...

Gobble Gobble

Here are some pictures of this year's Thanksgiving feast in Gothic. The weather was beautiful and nobody got stuck on the road, in or out.

I couldn't sleep at all last night. I was afraid I'd miss the alarm and not get the bird in the oven in time. I remember waking up and seeing the glowing hands of my clock, and reading them as 4AM. Bzzz! Wrong... only 12:20AM. Turns out I was worried for nothing. For our 12 o'clock supper I put the 21lb., five hour turkey in the hot box at 6AM... to be conservative. It was done in three and a half, two and a half early, as it turned out.

So I put the oven on low and let it stew. By the time the guests arrived, Tom was so tender he fell right off the bone. I made gravy with the drippin's and we ate and ate and ate...