'Moonset' Behind Breckenridge, Colorado
A friend of mine has a townhouse in Breckenridge, Colorado, and on Friday, we went up there for another girl's weekend. It was the 20th Annual Ice Sculpture competition, and the town was packed with people.
We left late afternoon, and headed out Hwy 24 through South Park, then out Hwy 9 through Fairplay and Alma, up over Hoosier Pass, and down into Breckenridge. The scenery along the way is breathtaking!
Remember the TV show "South Park"? One of the guys that wrote the show grew up here, in South Park, Colorado. In this portion of the 1,000 square mile valley of South Park it is wide open, the wind howls through the valley, and only a brave few actually live here. South park is the geographical center of Colorado. Buffalo and pronghorn are a common sight along the highway.
The Collegiate Peaks, named for famous American colleges, such as Yale and Harvard. Eight peaks exceeding 14,000 feet are found here on the Front Range of Colorado.
This time of year in Breckenridge, the light isn't that great for making photographs of the mountains, the sun is too low, and they always turn out hazy. So, if you want good photos of the mountains there in the winter - you have to get up early! If you know me, you know that is NOT my favorite thing to do :) But darn it! I wanted the shots, so on Sunday morning, we were up at 6 AM and headed up to Boreas Pass to wait for the sunrise. If I'd had any sense, I would have had my tripod with me, it would have improved the quality of the photos. But who has any sense at 6 AM?
What we didn't expect, was to see the full moon setting behind the mountains as it raced the rising sun.
Sunrise over the ski runs.
Sunrise over the town of Breckenridge.
Hi Debi:
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