Mountain Photography by Jack Brauer
Trip Reports: Sunrise on Sneffels - June 2008
This June I made two early morning hikes high up in Yankee Boy Basin, a high mountain valley above Ouray, Colorado.
The first hike was up to the ridgeline of Cirque Mountain, where I had a great perspective of sunrise alpenglow hitting Mt. Sneffels.
For the second hike, on a clear night this June, I woke up and got out of bed at 1am, hiked up Mt. Sneffels under a brilliant full moon, and topped out on the 14,156' summit at 4:15am. The air was really calm and not that cold, and I had plenty of time to relax on the summit before the dawn light, enjoying the massive vista of moonlit peaks.
Here's my photos from these hikes.
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Sunrise alpenglow light shines on the summit of Mt. Sneffels, 14,156', as seen from the east - June. Photo © by Jack Brauer.
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Dawn glow illuminates the San Juan Mountains, as seen from the summit of Mt. Sneffels, 14,156' - June. Photo © by Jack Brauer.
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A full moon sets above the San Miguel Range, which includes three fourteeners: Wilson Peak, Wilson Mountain, and El Diente. As seen from the summit of Mt. Sneffels - June. Photo © by Jack Brauer.
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Sunrise light shines on Kismet, the peak in front, and the San Juan Mountains, as seen from the summit of Mt. Sneffels - June. Photo © by Jack Brauer.
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