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Winter on the upper Rio Grande #11842339 02/20/17
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OP Alamosa Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,213 Southern Colorado	Burned a tank of fuel driving around the San Luis Valley today and I was glad I had a camera. Had a great time. All of the photos are from today.

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Re: Winter on the upper Rio Grande Alamosa #11842351 02/20/17
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OP Alamosa Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,213 Southern Colorado	Snow has set up as hard as concrete on the slopes of the Sangre de Cristos. A close look at the slopes anywhere shows tons of tracks - all of them headed down.

Re: Winter on the upper Rio Grande Alamosa #11842354 02/20/17
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OP Alamosa Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,213 Southern Colorado

Re: Winter on the upper Rio Grande Alamosa #11842376 02/20/17
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,218 West Slope of Colorado A alpinecrick Campfire Ranger
alpinecrick Campfire Ranger A Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,218 West Slope of Colorado	Great stuff Alamosa! One place I haven't been this winter is the San Louie Valley. I was wondering how much snow was down on the valley floor. Casey Casey Not being married to any particular political party sure makes it a lot easier to look at the world more objectively... Having said that, MAGA.

Re: Winter on the upper Rio Grande Alamosa #11842550 02/20/17
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kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,601 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas	Great photos! Thanks for sharing!!!! Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored." WS

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Re: Winter on the upper Rio Grande Alamosa #11843217 02/21/17
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k22hornet Campfire Regular K Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 582 Castle Rock	Great photos. I was surprised to see Sandhill Cranes already. By the way, did that coyote live to see another day?

Re: Winter on the upper Rio Grande k22hornet #11843269 02/21/17
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OP Alamosa Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,213 Southern Colorado	Originally Posted by k22hornet Great photos. I was surprised to see Sandhill Cranes already. By the way, did that coyote live to see another day? I'm starting to think some of those sandhills don't migrate all that far. It seems like I see them around Albuquerque in January and it's pretty easy for them to return back up the valley. I couldn't have gotten that coyote even if I'd been prepared to. He was a big old smart one and he disappeared fast a few seconds after I stopped for the picture.

Re: Winter on the upper Rio Grande Alamosa #11846953 02/22/17
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Timbermaster Campfire Tracker T Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 6,399 MT/GA	Surprised to see those muleys still packing. Most of our larger deer have shed already. Enjoyed the pics, thanks! ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~ 3-7-77

Re: Winter on the upper Rio Grande Alamosa #11847052 02/22/17
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CBB Campfire Regular C Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,810 NW PA	Nice pics thanks! Hunt...

Re: Winter on the upper Rio Grande Alamosa #11847200 02/22/17
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davidlea Campfire Tracker D Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 3,904 Foley, Alabama	Great pics! I saw elk under the sprinklers in the valley when they were running-I guess they're getting a head start. Golden............

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Re: Winter on the upper Rio Grande Alamosa #11847533 02/22/17
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plainview Campfire Member Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 262 Occupied Colorado	Looks pretty similar on the east side of the hill. More deer, elk and antelope about and visible in the Wet Mountain Valley than usual. "Don't let so much reality into your life that there's no room left for dreaming"

Re: Winter on the upper Rio Grande Alamosa #11850357 02/23/17
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bigswede358 Campfire Regular B Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 1,958 N. Idaho	Very nice, thanks for sharing.

Re: Winter on the upper Rio Grande Alamosa #11850528 02/23/17
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model70man Campfire Tracker M Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 4,469	I hunted there in '98 and '99. Beautiful country!

Re: Winter on the upper Rio Grande Alamosa #11850714 02/23/17
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KC Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 6,969 Colorado Springs, Colorado USA	Excellent!!! Wind in my hair, Sun on my face, I gazed at the wide open spaces, And I was at home.

Re: Winter on the upper Rio Grande Alamosa #11850796 02/23/17
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kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,601 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas	Noticed bunches of Sandhills flying north yesterday. But then again it was 90 here !!! Whew! Again! Nice pics! Thanks Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored." WS

Re: Winter on the upper Rio Grande Alamosa #11850997 02/24/17
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OP Alamosa Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,213 Southern Colorado	We were seeing Sandhills here and there as we drove around the valley. For years there was one Whooping Crane that migrated with them but it passed on just a year or two ago.

Re: Winter on the upper Rio Grande Alamosa #11853541 02/24/17
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sbhooper Campfire Regular S Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 2,556 Nebraska	You pretty well saw it all! Good photos. You did not "seen" anything, you "saw" it. A "creek" has water in it, a "crick" is what you get in your neck. Liberals with guns are nothing but hypocrites.

Re: Winter on the upper Rio Grande Alamosa #11854262 02/25/17
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Cigar Campfire Regular C Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,547 Maryland, USA	Wow.. Thank You !!! John = Waterfowler at hart along with my late Baydog 9/26/20 .. = = Striving to be turdlike.

Re: Winter on the upper Rio Grande Alamosa #11855757 02/25/17
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Proud_Dad Campfire Regular P Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,733 Hutchinson, KS	Great pictures! Thanks for sharing. "Kids don't remember their best day of television."

Re: Winter on the upper Rio Grande Alamosa #11859795 02/27/17
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PrimeBeef Campfire Regular P Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,166	Looks like the elk are on the Zapata Ranch. I'm guessing the wild horses are south of San Luis.

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