The novelty of July snowpack is an invitation to snowpack tourism.

This past July 13th I was given an opportunity to tromp around on a high-altitude snowpack near a parking lot in a national park. I took off my shirt and snapped photos of the midsummer snow.

 

I live in Minnesota so I don't want for snow experiences, but by the time I get to summer I've usually long forgotten all my memories of how snow feels: Cold!

 

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In Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, on July 13th, 2011, on the path to the Forest Canyon overlook, along Trail Ridge Road.

 

 

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Library of Congress classification ideas:

GB2615 Snow—United States—Pictorial works.

G155.U6 Tourists—United States—Pictorial works.

F782.R59 Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)—Pictorial works.

F721 Rocky Mountains—Pictorial works.

F782.A16 Mountains—Colorado—Pictorial works.

F782.L2 Larimer County (Colo.)—Pictorial works.

Done