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Six Seasons of Grand Lake, one full revolution around the Sun  ::   <  | d^6 | u > =  < | I | u >  =  <  | u >   +  variations of 2nd order or  higher . . . .
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Six Seasons of Grand Lake

Season One :: January ~ February

Come to the white roads of Grand County.  Snowmobile directly into town.
Follow the groomed trails west of Grand Lake to high dunes of snow
on top of Gravel Mountain (aka “Little Chicken Hill”).  
See meadows as smooth as lakes and trees trimmed in fluffy snow.
Stroll the boardwalk for treasures hidden in shops. 
Dine in a Hallmark movie setting and then head on your sleigh
to a cozy cabin with company to keep you warm all through the night.

January and February take one into the depths of Winter.
What little heat the earth and lakes have to give back
remains sealed under a white blanket.  Boutique powder snow falls
that one can brush away and blow into the air from the palms of one's hands.

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Driving over Berthoud  ::  Winter Park Snowfall  :: 
Driving over Berthoud  ::  Winter Park Snowfall  ::

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Season Two :: March ~ April

The days swell with sunlight as our Second Season takes flight. 
Day consumes night at its fastest rate; a handful of sunlit minutes get added to each day.
First the sky blooms and then the ground.
Bears arise from their dens and tap the air with their noses for signs of growth.

An irresistible urge to come out and explore seizes even the most hermit-like creatures.
Growth cannot be stopped anymore than a boulder can hold firm with trees growing all around.
Every creature stirs into action and opens up as sunlight rushes in to the dark corners of Winter.
The showers of sunlight produce a desire to reach out and catch as many rays as possible.
In a single day, one can have 4 traditional Seasons in sequence through the day,
or packed together at the same time yet in different directions. To the east, sunlight;
to the west, snow-showers over fields waist-deep in snow. Watch for the snow-bows. 

As our Second of Six Seasons comes to a close and Earth leans in towards the sun,
April's heat comes on strong. Her days can be delicious, and we still still have
two more months of turning up the heat and cooking to round out the first half of our Six Seasons.

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Springtime snows :: Lucian & Loki :: Wolf-dog & Malamute :: Gentle Water Music with Ice Crystals ::
Springtime snows :: Lucian & Loki :: Wolf-dog & Malamute :: Gentle Water Music with Ice Crystals ::

Three minutes of gentle water music :: Spa music: 1 minute, 11 secs :: Snowmelt coming to the Great Lakes of the Rockies ::
Three minutes of gentle water music :: Spa music: 1 minute, 11 secs :: Snowmelt coming to the Great Lakes of the Rockies ::
Spa music :: Spa music :: Spa . . .

Movements of ice, rainbows and a boat on Grand Lake ::
Movements of ice, rainbows and a boat on Grand Lake ::

Colorado River just above Shadow Mountain Lake (upstream of the bridge near Grand Lake Plumbing)
Colorado River just above Shadow Mountain Lake (upstream of the bridge near Grand Lake Plumbing)

Season Three :: May ~ June  

A veil of clouds gets pulled back by the wind and one sees into a world
of snowy peaks rimmed by clouds. The weather-makers staged along
the Continental Divide glisten snow draped in their lees.
In the valleys below, brooks and streams awaken, each with its
own melody and measures. A silvery thread of water from mountain top
to lake defines a flow carved in ancient history.  Each line of travel
for water to skip and flow to the lakes and meadows below,
adds to the hairs of lady called Valley. All winter long,
she had slept in a fold of mountains tucked under a winters blanket. 
A meadow's song can be long and sinuous as one can see or hear
in the first big meadow above Adams Falls.  The rising tide of sunlight
and snow-melt comes to a crescendo at the close of our Third Season.

Video Links ~~ use your back button to return to here.
Natural River Music :: Sinuous stream above Adams Falls ::  Trail Ridge Road opens  ::  Bhutan in Grand Lake  ::
Natural River Music :: Sinuous stream above Adams Falls ::  Trail Ridge Road opens  ::  Bhutan in Grand Lake  ::

Home on the Range :: Spring runoff accelerating along the North Inlet Stream  ::  Rooster Tail  ::
Home on the Range :: Spring runoff accelerating along the North Inlet Stream  ::  Rooster Tail  ::


Season Four :: July ~ August   

Our Fourth Season comes packed with Events, sunny with scattered rainbows.

Activity that had been building for months underground shows itself on top as
nature's exuberant growth.  Plant becomes transformed with an irresistible urge
to bloom and flower and join the atmosphere.

As Earth pulls back from giving her northern aspects a full nod towards the sun,
her face glows and swells with thunder, rainbows and giant puffy clouds. 
While lying on one's back on a sward of tundra, one can reach out for the clouds
and feel their hairs streaming through one's fingers and brushing one's face.

Video Links ~~ Hiking Season !   (use your back button to return to here).

5 lakes around Mount Baldy :: Journey to Lone Eagle Peak ~ Ode to Joy :: Wild Columbines gone wild ::
5 lakes around Mount Baldy :: Journey to Lone Eagle Peak ~ Ode to Joy :: Wild Columbines gone wild ::

Camping on the back side of the Never Summer Mountains  ::  The Hills are alive  ::  Dog Walk  ::
Camping on the back side of the Never Summer Mountains  ::  The Hills are alive  ::  Dog Walk  ::

Wild Garden Symphony into a patch of Lupine  ::  Druid Walk to a birthing triangle on Mount Bryant below a sun and moon  ::
Wild Garden Symphony into a patch of Lupine  ::  Druid Walk to a birthing triangle on Mount Bryant below a sun and moon  ::

National Forest entrance by Trail Creek Estates  ::  pocket guide to wake-surfing  ::
National Forest entrance by Trail Creek Estates  ::  pocket guide to wake-surfing  :: coming soon 


Season Five :: September ~ October 

As Autumn's golden embrace softens the days and invites one to linger 
in evening's shade, one counts one's blessings. The harvest comes in with
Summer's bounty stored and bottled for Winter's long night. We know it
will come, and yet Procrastination and Frivolity rule the day. 
Linger longer while the sun shines and feels golden.
As the days shorten, one gives thought as to with whom, where and how,
one might live through the winter. Reveries carry one along and hold one weightless.
Merrily merrily we go down our happy stream.
Concerns fall away like leaves letting go, joining the wind
and floating to the ground.

Video Links ~~ use your return button to come back to here.
Cruising by Aspen :: Autumn sounds & colors :: Elk on the run ::
Cruising by Aspen :: Autumn sounds & colors :: Elk on the run ::


Season Six :: November ~ December   

As the leaves of fall lose their brilliance, a new and vibrant phenomenon takes place.
The first snows of winter grace the high peaks and suddenly the mountains look
twice as close and twice as tall. The slanting rays of the sun make the lakes and
sky look bluer. After a still night with the night sky showing the Milky Way, 
one awakes to clouds that have formed over the lakes and appear to be sleeping.
Home owners near the lakes awaken to see their trees and bushes frosted in crystals.
The air twinkles while the ground gets laden with diamonds.

November and December bring families together in cozy cabins and inns,
while beyond the windows, the finest snow on Earth gently falls. 
In the morning light behold ten thousand angels  twirling in a column of sparkling air. 

The angels may come from mists rising from the lakes,
or as a bit of moisture passing overhead, unseen, against a radiant blue sky, 
The sparkly beings hover in the morning air, each one a unique crystal of water
Quivering in a suspended animation as heated air rises from the ground
gets under the wings of each angel. 
Shade your eyes and look to the sun and watch for the pillars of light.
The shimmering particles dance in the sun and then come to rest
on the ground, roads, and branches like ten thousand diamonds.
It's like being in a crystal ball with sparkly beings dancing in the air.
Next to snowflakes on eyelashes, these are some of our favorite things.
The magic happens in Grand Lake with blue skies and not a cloud in sight.
Awaken to the air glistening in the direction of the sun with crystals dancing. 

Vapors rise from the lakes at night and form a blanket that tucks a village in for a winter's sleep.
Downstream, eagles stand as tall as penguins, feasting on salmon.

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Christmas in Grand Lake :: Shimmering Crystals ::
Christmas in Grand Lake :: Shimmering Crystals ::



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