All About Sneffels

If you are a frequent visitor to this blog there’s a good chance you’ve seen photos of Mount Sneffels, and read about it too. That’s because it’s Ouray County’s tallest, and most prominent mountain at 14,157 feet. It can be seen from many locations and therefore makes its way into a lot of my compositions. I’ve collected some shots from the past year that I haven’t posted before, to create this set.

Another view of Mount Sneffel highlights the west slope before sunset.
‘Another View’ © Denise Bush
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Sunset brings pastel stripes over the southern sky above Mount Sneffels.
‘Pastel Stripes Over Sneffels’ © Denise Bush
A mountain road winds downhill with Mount Sneffels and the Sneffels Range in the distance.
‘Mountain Road To Sneffels’ © Denise Bush

To demonstrate how much conditions and lighting can impact an image compare the above image with the following … same location, different day! Notice how you can pick out Sneffels from a distance.

A mountain road winds through the mountains with the Sneffels Range in the distance.
‘Mountain Road With A View’ © Denise Bush
Sneffels is cloaked in lifting clouds but if you look closely you can see a part of its slope and peak.
‘Barely There’ © Denise Bush
Mount Sneffels peak is looking rosy in this colorful sunset shot.
‘Sneffels In The Pink’ © Denise Bush
Mount Sneffels' beauty is doubled in this beaver pond reflection photo.
‘Beaver Pond Reflection’ © Denise Bush
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See more Sneffels images in a previous post titled, ‘Salute To Sneffels’ HERE.

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Frosty Wonderland

I had a fun outing recently, up along Cimarron Ridge, not far from our home. New snow coated the tall spruce trees along the top of ridge and I felt like I was in a winter wonderland! Clearing clouds offered spotlights on the rocky ridge and frosty winter coating. I couldn’t help but think that the pristine scenes were a beautiful way to start a fresh new year.

A little sliver of light illuminates a spot on a frosty winter ridge.
‘Frosty Highlight’ © Denise Bush
Chimney Rock of the Cimarrons, in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, catch some nice light as a storm clears.
‘After The Storm, Chimney Rock’ © Denise Bush
A frosty wonderland lives just beyond a hill of Pinyon Pines, near Ridgway Colorado.
‘Beyond Some Pinyon Pines’ © Denise Bush
Clouds lift to reveal the beautiful snow-coated trees on Cimarron Ridge, near Ridgway Colorado.
‘Winter Wonderful’ © Denise Bush
Fresh snow creates a frosty wonderland at the top of Cimarron Ridge near Ridgway Colorado!
‘Frosty Topping’ © Denise Bush
Frosty trees below a rocky outcrop along Cimarron Ridge, create a beautiful accent to the scene.
‘Wintry Outcrop’ © Denise Bush
Sunset creates a beautiful winter alpenglow above cimarron ridge, near Ridgway Colorado.
‘Pink & Frosty’ © Denise Bush

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