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During our two week holiday exploring the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, my wife Liz and I came across quite a few oddly named features, such as the Never Summer Mountains, to the west of the park and flanking the Colorado river before it becomes the mighty torrent that flows through the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
We were taking a drive from Estes Park in the north, down to Grand Lake in the south, along the wonderful Trail Ridge Road, surely one of the most scenic drives in the world (it beats the Queensferry bypass anyway!), and we decided to take a half hour picnic break at an overlook giving a great view of the Never Summer Mountains, bathed in the warm, golden autumn sun.
I still don't know why they're called the Never Summer Mountains, as the weather was still distinctly summery, even in late September. Anyone help me out here?
Anyhow, after I'd taken a few photos of the mountains I went to have a look at the handy information board to see if I could find out where the 'Never Summer' name came from (nope - still none the wiser!).
However, imagine my suprise and delight when I found that the highest peak in the range, at 12,800 feet above sea level was called Howard Mountain!
I never knew that someone had named a peak after me ;-) so, of course, I had to take this photo of it, to show my grandchildren that I had my very own mountain.
Filename - rocky mountains howard mountain 01.jpg
Camera - Canon EOS 6D
Lens - 100-400mm zoom @ 400mm
Exposure - 1/60 sec @ f5.6, ISO100
Location - Howard Mountain, Colorado, U.S.A.
This image - 580x800px JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom
Comments - Tripod, mirror lockup and cable release used to prevent camera movement
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