Anatomy of a Photo: Snowy Mountain Stages

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• Trail Ridge Road

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_Ridge_Road

   

   

• "Going To The Sun Road" at Logan Pass, Glacier National Park, Montana. http://thisweekwhitefish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Sun-Road-bike1.jpg

• @Michael Gratzer

  That's even more impressive - post your pictures once you are back!

• I can almost feel the waves of refrigerated air coming off those ice walls - Vittorio has on the same gear I might wear on a showery but warm summers day ride. Tough as nails..

• @frank is this not a reflection of society in general ?

  Seems the values, work ethic and respect of " the good ol' days " has gone and the era of entitlement is here.

  Instead of doing the work then getting rewarded, it seems that now people expect the reward, then they will do the work !

  Thus flowing into sport.

   

   

• Go out and explore!  It might not be as bad as you think.  What's the worst that can happen aside from your own personal remake of the final scene from the Shining?

  Last weekend we left home to ride Juniper Pass - topping out around 3350m.  It was 3C at the base of the climb 1000m below the summit.  But by the time we were about 1/3 of the way up the pass, we crossed an inversion and suddenly it was 11C.  Not great, but warm enough.  We kept climbing above the clouds and eventually into the sunshine.  Unfortunately we did have to descend back into the icebox.

  Trail Ridge would probably be in the line of sight from the left edge of this photo if not for the spruce trees and isn't much higher.  Almost dry over on Juniper already.

• I'll take the heat over the cold any day. And we're fixen to get in to the hot season down here in the deep south of the US of A. No biggie. I actually love it. Hotter the better. But cold? Cold sux. Cold can kill you. You need fire to survive cold. Hot? Just some sweet tea and take a breather and all good. There's been some hot stages at the Amgen in the past. Fun to watch that right now in add'n to Giro. Cheers all.

• I think Fiorenzo conversed with Vittorio as he conversed with Eddy.

  Finished 2nd in the 1956 Giro with two broken bones

• @imakecircles

  @Olli

  @Michael Gratzer

  @GoldenGorilla

  You all are doing it right!  Chapeau!  Love it!

• @imakecircles

  The end of the ride at the North Cascades Highway, Washington, USA this spring. A great ride if you time the road closure well.

  I smell an eastern WA cogal next spring...