Ski photos witness to the glory of the backcountry in Summit County, a glimpse that most of us wouldn’t otherwise comprehend. From the vast blankets of snow that cover the highest mountaintops in the country to the dwarfed passages between rocky juts—only the backcountry skiers and riders really experience the supreme wonder of options to those who live near real estate in Breckenridge and in Summit County, Colorado.
With rare photographs filled with exhilarating memories in hand, however, all residents of Breckenridge Keystone real estateand and Copper Mountain CO homes can imagine the breathtaking splendor that accompanies a cruise down the spring corn snow from the top of the mountain or a jump from a cornice on a sunny spring day. And through a miraculous photograph, we can appreciate the iridescent colors in the background sky and the subtle lighting as the trees and skier cast shadows on the camera’s film. The entire composition of ski photography, with man juxtaposed the extreme natural phenomena, reflects the beauty and adventure that thousands seek midst the peaks of the Rocky Mountains.
Watch a kite boarder surfing the infinite ocean of snow in the back bowls, snow that covers a summertime wildflower meadow. Though a picture rarely unveils the adrenaline flowing through the veins of an experienced backcountry explorer—as the skier’s ability, strength, courage, and concentration make it all look so easy—he or she takes to the unknown like an ice-skater to a triple twist.
Underneath the infinite number of chutes, gullies, and couloirs is an ancient geology. Steep fall-line descents in narrow, rocky clefts belie the ancient strata stacked below. The breathing of the mountains created tens of millions of years before, caused by tectonic uplift and mountain erosion, presents modern skiers with natural playground equipment. Tectonic joints or bedrock cracks, rain-washed rills and parallel gullies, notched cols, and erosion between beds of sedimentary rock are just a handful of interesting geological events that gift us with today’s exquisite back bowls and terrain.
As the snow starts melting down in the resorts, head up to higher ground and extend the season beyond your present photos or memories. There is where you will add depth and height to your backcountry experience in the Ten Mile Range, the Gore Range, and along the Continental Divide.
For information on mountain real estate, contact Rick Allemang at (970) 547-1002 to help bring your vision of a mountain escape into focus.
