And while we're waiting an even longer time for me to get around to posting about
the nappe in Lamoille Canyon, here are a few of my favorite pretty pics taken from our campsite at Camp Lamoille in late September. I can say that a bit of the nappe can be seen in a few of these photos, if you know where to look!
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| Cliffs (with sunset, first night) and the U-shaped valley of South Fork Lamoille Canyon about where it merges with the main part of the canyon. |
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| Oooh! Cliffs and colors! |
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| Oh, besides the nice colors on the cliff walls (sunset, still the first night in camp), this photo shows part of the Lamoille Canyon nappe. |
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| Sunset colors and burning orange aspens. |
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| Alpine glow on the cliffs behind the roof of the wood-heated lodge. |
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| Back to a view of the U-shaped valley. |
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| Our camp and lit-up lodge, with granitic gneiss in the core of the nappe barely visible in the dark cliffs behind the tent. |
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| The next day, noonish: the upper part of the cliffs that were in darkness in the previous photo. |
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| The same cliffs on the morning of the third day; orthogneiss in the core of the nappe showing in the lower left of the photo. |
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| A red-tailed hawk soars overhead just before the downpour of the second day. |
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| Dinner bell at the lodge. |
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| Cliffs, clouds and chimney on the second day. |
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| The rocks of the chimney blend in with the not-so-distant cliffs. |
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| A dusting of snow, cliffs, and orange aspens; early morning of the third day. |
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| The sun rises behind a hill. The shallow slope to the right of center is part of the lateral moraine of South Fork Lamoille Canyon. |
Related Posts:
Cliffs of the Ruby Mountains: More Views from the Hanging Valley Pullout
Links: Lamoille Canyon Geology
A Hanging Valley in Lamoille Canyon
Cliffs of the Ruby Mountains: Mt. Gilbert
First Trip into the Ruby Mountains of Nevada
8 comments:
Those are pretty pictures! I was in the Ruby's once (other side) -- another place I need to return to. Happy New Year LFD :-)
There's a lodge here? Ooohhh! Lamoille Canyon is NOT that far from me...
Thanks, Hollis! :-)
Nina, the "lodge" is a wood-heated large dining area and attached kitchen that is part of Camp Lamoille, owned by the Elko Lions Club -- and to stay there you or a group need to reserve the entire area. It's a great camp with large tent camping area and several unheated wooden A-frames. A little info here and here. I was there as part of a fairly large group.
And Happy New Year back to you and In the Company of Plants and Rocks, Hollis :-)
SF - Very interesting about the lodge. Thx for the info!
Interesting terrain.
Yes indeed! :)
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