Cottonwood Pass Scenery and Roadside Cascading Waterfall - June 22, 2007
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I had some free time this afternoon and really needed
to get out of the home and office. Cottonwood Pass is the closest and easiest place to
drive and get away. Note the tundra pool on the Gunnison County (west) side still has
quite a bit of snow. ;) |
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Honestly, I was kind of bored up there. I walked around the basic spots
along the Cottonwood Pass parking lot like most people do, and I met a friendly gentleman from
Mississippi who was vacationing in Colorado for the week.
During my brief visit, I thought, How many times can I take the same ol' mounatin scenery photos?
I lumped four pictures
facing the Chaffee County (east) side of the divide.
In the third photo, I zoomed-in a bit to show the pointed summit of
Turner Peak (alt. 13,232 feet) on the right, which I hiked Friday of last week. |
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The Cottonwood Pass sign. |
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It was quite cloudy to the west, but I managed to capture this
one shot of Ice Mountain and its line of neighbor peaks. |
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As I headed back to Buena Vista, I snapped one photo of Jones Mountain. |
Ahhhhhhh ... but here is the part of my adventure
that made it special. I pulled over at this particular switchback
approximately two road miles east of the pass. |
There was a large creek slowly cascading down a hill. My camera malfunctioned
at this point and I had some difficulty taking various sorts of photos, included a grand
vertical view of the waterfall. I did, however,
capture these there decent ones above. |
It was a very beautiful area. I looked out and between the trees was a nice view of Jones Mountain. |
These pictures were submitted by Steve Garufi in Buena Vista, Colorado.
His web site is www.ColoradoGuy.com.
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