Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec - FriendsOfCumbresToltec.org

Not the Friends Cam here but still gives a view of the Railroad crossing up here and parking lot by section house.
Will be able to watch the snow accumulate over the winter.

Link: http://www.cotrip.org/m/cameraDtl.xhtml?id=10814&rd=58&scroll-pos=0

That's pretty cool.

A clear night and good moon shows the features surprisingly well.

In the view to the north, you can see what looks like a section of panel track on the left. I wonder how the work on the trestle is coming along. As I understand it (and I could be wrong), that's what's holding up the move of the hospital train.

Larry, Is there a way to enlarge the camera views on the O-DOT site. I tried everything but I probably missed something?

Steve

Steve Ritchie wrote:Larry, Is there a way to enlarge the camera views on the O-DOT site. I tried everything but I probably missed something?

Steve

Steve,
Here is what works for me. when on cam page, Click on pic and save it.
Then open it in pic file and it will enlarge to size I've posted here.
Not a large file to begin with so trying to enlarge them over this size isn't very good.
Hope this helps. Larry

Thanks Larry, I'll try that and see what happens.

Steve

The cam shows that it's snowing up there this morning. Wonder what this means as far as a hospital train is concerned?

More sand!

Tom C.

11/16/14 Snow accumulation is building. Much different from last Sunday's capture at the top.

11-17-14 Sun and clear sky after snow front moved out.

Late afternoon clouds have rolled back in. More snow???
Sun setting in past clearing line to the rest.

Late night view: stars over Cumbres. The cam picks up a few stars tonight. With the help of friends we can see the Draco Constellation in the Center under the numbers 21 and 29 in time signature. First photo actual capture. Second is enhanced.
Bottom image sky diagram of Draco.

Reflections on Cumbres: Crossbuck and tragic sign glimmer in late day sun.

489 at Cumbres Pass cam. Wish this cam updated more than every 10 minutes, but thanks to C-DOT for giving us this image!
(image removed as Larry G has it in the post below).

489, passenger coach, and an audience has been picked up on the pass cam.

Very nice.

A few moments later 489 still visible and heavy equipment running in Cumbres parking lot.

489X is on the pass switching 11/20/14

Larry,
Nice - I was hoping somebody would provide a glimpse of the goings on up there. Thx.
John

John Hamman wrote:Larry,
Nice - I was hoping somebody would provide a glimpse of the goings on up there. Thx.
John

Thanks, yes I was very lucky both days as the camera refreshes every ten minutes or so. Perhaps next season we will be lucky and catch a few more glimpses in the high country. Can't tell yet if the other view will catch smoke at Coxo. Here is a view earlier today of snow returning. Can use some of the small pines in the foreground to watch the snow pack over the winter.

Half Moon night with clear sky reflects nicely off the snow. A little bit later a late night car headlight shines.

Near full moon really lighting up the pass tonight, reflecting off the snow.

Winter wonderland today!

Looks like a Jeep Wrangler parked just off ROW by Crossbuck this afternoon. Do we have a hardy soul doing some ROW explorations today?

I hope he's not waiting for a train...

Christmas Eve in the high country.

Now u can get an estimate of the snow pack as top of the weeds and saplings near the camera mount are about covered. The vehicle edges slowly for the downhill grade.

Larry Gibson wrote:Late night view: stars over Cumbres. The cam picks up a few stars tonight. With the help of friends we can see the Draco Constellation in the Center under the numbers 21 and 29 in time signature. First photo actual capture. Second is enhanced.
Bottom image sky diagram of Draco.

Thanks, Larry!

One of the beauties of the C&TS region is its less-"developed" nature. The January/February issue of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine http://www.tpwmagazine.com/ just arrived a day or two ago. It is worth getting. The cover story is about light pollution--how hard it is to find a location to see the stars anymore. Many children in Houston or Albuquerque or Los Angeles have never seen real stars. The International Dark-Sky Association http://www.darksky.org, HQ'd in AZ, is trying to get people and companies and governments to use light intelligently. They are not trying to get you to do away with your yard light, just arrange the reflector so that it does not ruin you neighbor's view or that of someone 20 miles away.

Anyway, northern New Mexico and southern Colorado have real treasures in many pristine dark-sky spots. As Larry shows, these are a precious. Thanks again, Larry!

Pretty close to full moon for this month, and it looks like daylight at Cumbres just after midnight. Obviously enhanced with the camera, and the snow, but amazingly bright there!

Adding a couple of the winter views from 02-02-15 - beautiful mountain area clear day views!!

Haven't added to this thread for a while, we have a nice bright moonlit night at Cumbres tonight. Need someone to go clear the snow off the cam!

Very bright just before dawn and no shadows over on the pine forest.

Where's that "Rain-X", Jason! That's a big blob on that South Cam.

Farol Henkle wrote:Where's that "Rain-X", Jason! That's a big blob on that South Cam.

Ok, it's fixed now.

You're welcome.

A snow squall passes over the summit 4/25/15. Is it winter's last gasp?

"It ain't over 'til it's over"... Snowing like crazy at the moment in Chama, but most of the CDOT cams are off line so I can't tell how it's piling at the pass. The moisture is welcome, and snowfalls at this time of the year melt off pretty quickly.

May 15, and still snow coming down at Cumbres. Jason you may get your wish for snow on opening day!! Thunder in Chama this morning, looks like a wet night overnight.

That would sure be neat. I've exhausted my stock pile of snow photos to use as Christmas Cards.

Jason Rose wrote:That would sure be neat. I've exhausted my stock pile of snow photos to use as Christmas Cards.

..WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT
SATURDAY...

Good thing opening day is a week away, travel conditions for tomorrow are going to be poor.

Here an interesting early morning sky view on June 12. Correct time is 3:49 MDT. Second shot a few minutes later.

Posting this one here also as the camera got a great one of 215 coming in on time today.

Not a train view today but a semi with logs captured in sequence in both views on refresh. Thought it was an unusual occurrence.

Moon rise captured tonight.

A little later: