Blue Mountain Spruce, frames my eastbound subject in a pleasant afternoon Rocky Mountain snow event. Hoarfrost coated the trees giving some much needed grab for the fresh powder.

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A fresh foot or so of snow, bright morning sunshine and some orange pumpkins always makes me smile.

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Earning their wings in the morning sunshine and high country blue skies

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Ground Blizzards and Sunshine .
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And 7 stops from the shadows and light areas another typical day near the summit of the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. Provo bound pumpkins burst through an intense ground blizzard at Tolland while dark clouds note the gray dark conditions down on the Front Range.

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At 10,000 feet the 30/40 mph wind gusts stir up blizzards of snow in every direction. The clouds passing by faster than this 6 pack of power up front on a westbound empty coal train for a moment find a break from the gales of snow and blizzard conditions for but only a moment; at East Portal it’s dark and snowy barely 3 miles away.

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