The Silver Mountains

Sierra La Platas caught in one of many moods

City Property

This gate protects the the Towns drinking water

12 Hours

Wolf Creek Ski Area

I went Snowboarding yesterday at Wolf Creek. I had an awesome time crushing all the deep powder snow that had fallen the day and night before. Wolf Creek consistently collects the highest totals of snowfall for any ski area in Colorado.

Bad Weather

Weather outside is really crummy right now. It's cold and raining, not my favorite combination

Signs of Drama in the Snow

While I was walking to the Fort, I noticed this strange mark in the snow. My best interpretation of it is a bird must have landed here, perhaps catching a small creature for a meal.

Old Hwy 3

 

I took this picture last year while travelling along the Old Highway 3. Hwy 3 used to be the only road into Durango from the south and east until the larger route, Camino del Rio was built to handle the increase of traffic volume coming into the town.

Piñon Pines

 

The Piñon is my favorite tree. I remember going out and harvesting the nuts with my parents when I was just a kid, something I look forward to doing with my own. The specific type of piñon in this picture is a Colorado Piñon (Pinus edulis.) It grows near my front door and brings many types of birds that feed on its seeds. 

Frosty Mornings

As I was making my way along Rim Dr. I couldn't help noticing how frosty and cold North Durango looked. According to the thermometer, the temperature outside was 3° F ( -16°C.) I sure am happy not to be cleaning windows today

San Juan Peaks

Looking north from the summit of Engineer Mountain. I took this during a summertime hike.

Moon Set

The moon approaches the horizon after a long cold night. Taken near Hermosa.

Pony Express

Get a bite

Great food is served here at Oscar's. Get there early, seats fill up fast

Along the Narrow Gauge

Storms

Making Tracks

I have fun making tracks in untrodden snow

Up in the trees

Just hanging out with the squirrels and birds

Purple Cliffs

  

" How much paint did it take to make the cliffs purple?" An actual question asked by a tourist visiting Durango. Geologically, the Purple Cliffs are known as the McDermott Formation. They are the  stream and mudflow deposits that washed off the La Plata Mountains as they started to uplift during the late Mesozoic Era (66 Milion years ago).

Sunny Days of Summer

The Los Pinos River near Vallecito, Colorado. Weather here in Durango is cold, windy and snowy. I wanted to post this picture to warm things up a bit.

A day at Purgatory

Southwestern Landscape

 Cuestas speckled with pinon, juniper and shruby plants hem in Durango at its southern edge

Smoke Signals

Smoke and steam from the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway

Frosty Mornings

After the snow storms have come and gone, we are left with bitter cold temps in the mornings. The thermometers have been reading in the single digits on most mornings, with a couple of days where it read below zero.

This picture was taken on the Animas River Trail, on my way to work.

Wrought Iron Fence

A small detail of the 3rd Ave. neighborhood

Red Cliffs in Winter

Canada Geese

I spied these geese hanging out in what must be unbearably cold water at the river. The thermometer this morning was reading -15°F. It's a wonder me that they seem not to care at all

Yarn Bombing in Durango

Yarn bombing, yarnbombing, yarnstorming, guerrilla knitting, urban knitting or graffiti knitting is a type of graffiti or street art that employs colorful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn or fiber rather than paint or chalk.

Visit the artist's site: TheAndrogyne.wordpress.com

Description taken from Wikipedia

Cattails in snow

These cattails live in a small wetland area near the bottom of my street.