Winter Wonderland
Snowy Shadow Mountain, with bright blue skies overhead.
It’s been snowing all weekend… So, here’s a shot of Shadow Mountain, from the morning after a big snow last year. Notice the clear bright blue sky. That’s how we like to order up our ski days here… big dump overnight, followed by a clear sunny day!
Taken 1/8/2008.
Fireworks Over Aspen
Fireworks for the Food & Wine Classic illuminate the ridge ofShadow Mountain.
Feelin’ the need to celebrate Opening Day for the 2008 ski season here in Aspen, and of course, Thanksgiving! So, I thought I’d share a photo of fireworks from Food & Wine last year… which, coincidentally rang in the last day of the phenomenal ‘07 ski season. The Aspen Mountain ski area re-opened for the weekend of The Food & Wine Classic last year, because we still had SO much snow up there!
I was just outside town, right by the Maroon Creek golf course, so the fireworks lit up the Shadow Mountain ridgeline very nicely here.
Taken 6/12/2008
Chapel And Shadow Mountain
after a fall dusting of snow on the Aspen Chapel and Shadow Mountain
The Aspen Chapel is one of the first picturesque buildings you see as you come into Aspen, right at the roundabout. It’s located such that there are great mountain backdrops in every direction, when photographing it. This particular view shows Shadow Mountain in the background; the front of which is part of Aspen Mountain ski area, and the Trainor’s double-black ski runs. There was good contrast provided by the fall colors and one of our first snows of the season. This was taken the same day as my earlier “Snow Is Coming” photo.
Taken 10/12/2008.
