Ski Day in Ironton

Started the ski season with a quick run up the Corkscrew Pass jeep trail behind the Noric Ski area in Ironton. Clicked the trekkers and skins on my old alpine skis for this run.

Season's First Snow

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The first snow of the season has fallen.

Chillin on Halloween

My brother, Ethan, has perfected his high altitude pizza recipe.



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Autumn Leaves (in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado)

Photo: (c) 2008- Eric Funk- Ironton, CO


Photo: (c) 2008- Eric Funk- Silverton, CO


Photo: (c) 2008- Eric Funk- Ironton, CO




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Dry Bones

Photo: Eric Funk
Richmond Basin Trail - Ironton, CO
September 19, 2008

Dry bones and golden aspen leaves ... as Summer turns to Autumn

Porphyry Basin

Photo: Eric Funk
Porphyry Basin - Near Red Mountain Pass and Ouray, CO
August 2008

Night Time in Ouray

Labor Day Weekend 2008
Photo: Eric Funk
Main Street-Ouray, CO

Imogene Pass

I waited until most of the tourists were gone for the season to 4WD over Imogene Pass (el. 3997 m./13,114 ft.). This pass is the "short cut" route between Ouray and Telluride, CO. This is the highest pass in the San Juans. My friend Ed did the driving in his jeep. We sat for about an hour at the pass and had a bit of a picnic. This time I brought the Nikon DSLR and knitted together this nice panorama of the view. Look carefully and you'll see us enjoying the view.

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Panoramic Photo - Eric Funk

Handies Peak on Labor Day Weekend

At 4,281m/14,048 ft., the summit of Handies Peak offers a superb view of the Uncompahgre range of the San Juans of Southwest Colorado.

Located between Ouray and Lake City, the trailhead is accessible via the Cinnamon Pass 4WD trail. If you are in good shape, the route to the summit from American Basin can be covered in only a few hours.

I did this hike over Labor Day weekend with my brother, Ethan, and my friend Elaine. If you look carefully, you can see my brother doing his final assent inthis panorama. The Panorama was shot with a Canon point and shoot..I didn't want to carry the SLR on this trip.

Panorama of Handies Peak on CleVR.com

Panorama- Eric Funk

Blue Lakes Wildflowers

I captured these photos on August 1st at the upper lake (map) of the Blue Lakes Trail (trail map) in the Mt. Sneffels wilderness