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@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social
2026-10-08 21:34:07

#ThrowBackThursday #RockyMountainNationalPark
An elk 3-way. October is the height of the elk rut season and these three bachelors are testing each other’s strength and fortitude. October 2014

Three bull elk are testing each other’s strength and durability during the height of the annual elk rut (mating) season. These three bachelors are 4 to 5 years old, and therefore middle-aged for bulls, based on the number of points on their antlers. So they are mature, but apparently not big enough, or strong enough, or just assertive enough to command a harem of cows of their own. They’ll test each other and then maybe challenge an older bull to take over a harem, or maybe just sneak in at the…
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social
2026-08-16 03:19:09

#SilentSunday
#RockyMountainNationalPark
Sunrise, from Trail Ridge Road.

Photo from Rocky Mountain National Park. Looking East from Trail Ridge Road at a sign explaining that the elevation is 2 miles, 3.2km. The sun is just breaking over the ridge in front of me. October 2015.
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social
2026-08-16 03:06:48

#SilentSunday
#RockyMountainNationalPark #LongsPeak
Looking East from the Ute Trail. November 2013.

Panoramic photo in Rocky Mountain National Park. Hiking along the Ute Trail, looking East thru the gap at Longs Peak at the left and the rest of the Front Range extending to the right. Sunrise is just a few minutes ago but in November that’s not so early. Clear blue sky above with pale haze over the plains to the East. So quiet, at around 10-11,000 ft, 3000-3500m, and no wind, fortunately. November 2013.
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social
2026-09-12 00:09:33

#footpathFriday #RockyMountainNationalPark
Ute Trail, Never Summer Range. October 2015

Photo from Rocky Mountain National Park looking southwest from Trail Ridge Road toward the Never Summer Range across a couple of valleys. At the left a portion of the Ute Trail is visible, heading from the Trail Ridge Visitor Center down, eventually, to the Kawaneechee Valley. The trail was one of several used by the indigenous Ute people and others to cross what are now called the Rocky Mountains to come out to the eastern plains. October 2015.