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by **Larry Gibson** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 9:24 am

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

by **Jason Rose** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 6:23 pm

That's pretty cool.

by **Larry Gibson** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 9:54 pm

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

by **Edwin Frey** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 8:57 am

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.

by **Steve Ritchie** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 10:38 am

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

Steve

by **Larry Gibson** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 11:39 am

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

by **Steve Ritchie** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 12:36 pm

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

Steve

by **Edwin Frey** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 9:12 am

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

by **Tom Casper** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 8:15 am

More sand!

Tom C.

by **Larry Gibson** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 7:46 am

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

by **Larry Gibson** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 10:28 am

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

by **Larry Gibson** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 5:09 pm

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

by **Larry Gibson** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 10:23 pm

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.

by **Larry Gibson** » Tue Nov 18, 2014 5:56 pm

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

by **Larry Sullivan** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 3:48 pm

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).

by **Larry Gibson** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 3:49 pm

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

by **Jason Rose** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 3:51 pm

Very nice.

by **Larry Gibson** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 4:07 pm

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

by **Larry Gibson** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 11:50 am

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

by **John Hamman** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 6:58 pm

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

by **Larry Gibson** » Sun Nov 23, 2014 11:41 am

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.

by **Larry Gibson** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 11:20 pm

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

by **Larry Sullivan** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 8:05 pm

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

by **Larry Sullivan** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 12:04 pm

Winter wonderland today!

by **Larry Gibson** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 3:24 pm

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

by **Jason Rose** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 3:31 pm

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

by **Larry Gibson** » Wed Dec 24, 2014 10:00 pm

Christmas Eve in the high country.

by **Larry Gibson** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 4:20 pm

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.

by **Robert Williams** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 4:14 pm

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!

by **Larry Sullivan** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:23 am

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!

by **Larry Sullivan** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 6:39 am

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

by **Larry Sullivan** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 9:11 pm

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!

by **Larry Gibson** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 9:25 am

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

by **Farol Henkle** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 11:23 am

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

by **Jason Rose** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 2:43 pm

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. :lol:

by **Larry Gibson** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 11:02 am

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

by **Edwin Frey** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:26 am

"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.

by **Larry Sullivan** » Fri May 15, 2015 5:28 am

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.

by **Jason Rose** » Fri May 15, 2015 6:10 am

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

by **Larry Gibson** » Fri May 15, 2015 6:54 am

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.

by **Larry Gibson** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 2:58 am

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

by **Larry Gibson** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 2:13 pm

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

by **Larry Gibson** » Wed Oct 14, 2015 12:58 pm

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

by **Larry Gibson** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 7:13 pm

Moon rise captured tonight.

by **Larry Gibson** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 7:46 pm

A little later:

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