Telluride summer 2009
smoky sunset from Dove Creek fire
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Kyle moving over to Ballard
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over La Junta looking east
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colorful Colorado… Red Mountain
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the Telluride ridge, ski area in front, Gold Hill & Palmyra in the back
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Telluride box canyon, Oops LZ in foreground
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Telluride, Pearl LZ in foreground just before town
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Silver Mountain & Ophir valley
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launching south of Dynamo
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out in front of launch, Baldy & Lizard head in the distance
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Wyeth launching Dynamo on his crispy new Artic 2
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while folding up in Pearl LZ I looked up at the moon rising over Ballard
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Roscoe launching Dynamo
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j man flying to the moon on the sweet Summit XC
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Wapiti grazing south of launch
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Craig launching south of Dynamo
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rainbow framing Ballard & No Name over Bear Creek
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local alpine color
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set up by Gold Hill lift
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looking south thru the Gold Hill lift to the Ophir Needles
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not flyable, but what a light show looking west down valley
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Palmyra Peak, south of launch
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home sweet home
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looking north towards Ridgway over the San Sofia range & 14er Mt Sneffels
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looking south from Palmyra to the Ophir Valley & Trout Lake
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looking down on Mountain Village, the ski area & Telluride, we love getting up on the ridge behind town, always works there in a south
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birthday flight 360 showing launch, Gold Hill, Bear Creek, town, Mountain Village, Ophir Needles, Baldy & Palmyra
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Craig over Palmyra
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Craig crossing the valley
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Joint Point & the ridge
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looking west from the north side behind town
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over Telluride looking east
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the Ophir Needles and my knee
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over San Sofia Ridge, center right above ridge line, 400' Bridal Veil Falls is just a thin white line
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San Sofia Ridge, sunny side & snowy side
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smooth lift over San Sofia ridge lets me take photos
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from Palmyra looking back at Gold Hill & launch
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over Palmyra looking over the Ophir Valley to Sheep Mountain
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over Alta Lakes looking back at the ridge
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Ajax at the end of the Telluride valley
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Ajax & the Tomboy jeep trail
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Craig & I in the Palmyra restitution
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Craig works it up over Dynamo
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over Palmyra, Lena Basin & Bear Creek on right
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over Palmyra Ridge leading back to launch & town
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the ridge
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Needle Rock
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alpine flora
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Mendota
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Ajax
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Mendota
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valley crossing
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Kiwi launches Dynamo
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Kiwi
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looking back from Society Turn
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Emma & Greenback
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Indio
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Ingram Falls, Ajax & Pandora Mill
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our box canyon
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Needle Rock
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Bluegrass in the Park & Beaver Pond
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crossing to Mendota
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Welcome to Telluride (Main Street)
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looking past Ballard to Ajax
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Mendota connects to Emma, Sneffels in the background
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looking west over the tailings pond and town
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San Sofia Ridge
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Ingram Basin, Ajax & Tomboy Basin
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Tomboy Road & ruins on right
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San Sofia Ridge & Emma
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Greenback & Emma
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on the ridge looking at Dallas
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Mt Sneffels
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north of town looking south to Bear Creek, Ski Area & launch
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Bluegrass in the Town Park LZ
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Bluegrass Festival 2009
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Telluride & the Pearl LZ
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fellow flyer at rest
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the end of the rainbows
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come on in, casa Nershi
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