Pictures from Buffalo  - August 24, 2008

This was my first hike with my new Canon 40D which is a 10+ mega pixel camera. The advantage of more pixels is not the ability to print on larger and larger sheets of paper, but instead to let the density of the megapixels  help you increase the zoom.

Due to the nature of the hike and the weather, my camera stayed inside my backpack except at the summit and at the point on the topo that I indicated by the waypoint "pictures" on the topo. Also, unless I have altered the jpgs by adding arrows or lines, if you are interested, you can save the jpg to your pc, and the "info" information on how the picture was shot will be there, if you have software that can view this. I did not loose this information even when I cut down the resolution for posting on the web.

The end of Emerald Road from the summit:


Our house is the red arrow, David and Julie's the blue arrow, Roger and Susanne, the yellow (better picture later on with the 200mm lens, this was 130 mm)




Lake Dillon and the all too exposed to terrorism Dillon Dam. Greys and Torreys are prominent in the distance.



Dillon with Marina's new office indicated by the red arrow


Ptarmigan, whose hike can be seen here.


Another shot of Lake Dillon


Lilly Pad Lake (a hike of which can be seen here )


This is the knob I wrote about on the previous page that marks the upper end of the boulder field. I have outlined an approximate path the trail goes.





The three of us at the summit



Red Buffalo pass in the foreground and looking down towards Vail and beyond. Red Buffalo hike can be seen here.



Red Peak



Looking North along the "summit ridge"



Ute Peak, the July 4, 2008 hike of which can be seen here.



Eccles pass (next to Red Buffalo) and its hike can be seen here.



Marina and David

Notice the dark cloud hanging over David's head for his pose with his mother.



Our houses again. This time from the "picture" point on the map, and a 200 mm lens. This is highly cropped. The house in the lower left is Charlie and Karen Lyons.



Finally, Ruby Ranch almost as a whole from this vantage point.

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