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Dec. 9th Photo of the Week |
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The sun shines on Sundance Buttress and Ypsilon Mountain (13,514') after the storm on Dec. 9th.
Three inches of snow fell on the Estes Valley on Dec. 8th and 9th with as much as six inches being deposited on the east side of the Continental Divide in Rocky Mountain National Park. The wind has not yet begun to blow on this perfectly calm December day.
Ypsilon Mountain and the much closer to town Sundance Buttress are both in the Mummy Range of Rocky Mountain National Park. The Mummy Range is the northern most part of the park and the park boundary lies just north of these big peaks.
Sundance is the name of the highest point along the western end of the ridge known affectionately as "Lumpy". It is also the name given to the cliff which is the largest and furthest west of the dozens of rock buttresses that are scattered along this south-facing ridge that are just a 3 minute drive from downtown Estes Park, Colorado.
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