Maroon Trail Splendor
by Sheri Keith
Title
Maroon Trail Splendor
Artist
Sheri Keith
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas Painting
Description
Maroon Trail located in the Elk Mountains, White River National Forest near Aspen, Colorado. The Maroon Bells are two peaks in the Elk Mountains, Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak, separated by about a third of a mile. The mountains are on the border between Pitkin County and Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, about 12 miles southwest of Aspen. Both peaks are fourteeners. Maroon Peak, at 14,156 feet, is the 27th highest peak in Colorado; North Maroon Peak, at 14,014 feet, is the 50th highest. The view of the Maroon Bells to the southwest from the Maroon Creek valley is one of the most famous scenes in Colorado, and is reputed to be the "most-photographed spot in Colorado" and one of Colorado's premier scenic overlooks. The peaks are located in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of White River National Forest.[5][6]
A US Forest Service sign on the access trail refers to these mountains as "The Deadly Bells" and warns would-be climbers of "downsloping, loose, rotten and unstable" rock that "kills without warning". Unlike other mountains in the Rockies that are composed of granite and limestone, the Bells are composed of metamorphic sedimentary mudstone that has hardened into rock over millions of years. Mudstone is weak and fractures readily, giving rise to dangerously loose rock along almost any route. The mudstone is responsible for the Bells' distinctive maroon color. The Bells got their "deadly" name in 1965 when eight people died in five separate accidents.
This is an excerpt from the article Maroon Bells from the Wikipedia free encyclopedia. A list of authors is available at Wikipedia.
Juried FAA Group Contest Landscape Winner:
Presentation of Artwork New 4/17/2014
on Warren M. Gray's website: http://www.voartg.com/#!__poa-new/landscapes
Featured in the following Groups with much appreciation:
1000 Views on 1 image 9/1/2016
Vivid Beautiful Art 7/26/2016
Wisconsin Flowers And Scenery 6/24/2016
Five Star Artist 6/23/2016
Art From the Heart 4/21/2016
Old Masters Painters and Traditional Arts'
Administrator's Choice of the Week Feature 1/24/2016
Collectors Gallery 7/01/2015
10 Plus 4/12/2015
Divine Uplifting Artworks 3/17/2015
Five Star Artist 3/05/2015
Art Impressionism to Realism 3/05/2015
Abc Group 3/02/2015
Women Painters-Hand Paintings Only 10/22/2014
The GALLERIA of INTERIOR DESIGNS-GIDA 10/22/2014
ALL Fine Art America Artwork 10/18/2014
The Best Of Fine Arts 10/13/2014
Painting and Drawing 10/13/2014
ART - It Is Good For You 10/11/2014
Created by my Hands 9/25/2014
ALL COLORADO 9/09/2014
Images That Excite You 5/05/2014
FAA Featured Images 4/06/2014
The Gold Standard 3/27/2014
Exclusive Feature Me Group 3/27/2014
500 Views-1 Image a Day 03/27/2014
On The Hospital Wall 3/04/2014
Beauty Captured January, 2014
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BASANT SONI
Another GRAND presentation of Nature pleasing composition + L f Sherri ... By the way wish to add that tiny flowers as shown in work along with other dried natural ingredients ( Before perishing) may be used to create Organic Art. My Canvas is Bark of palm tree The concept of Art is Eco Friendly"
Rainbow Artist Orlando L
I love the magnificent landscape in this impressive painting!! revisit to share this art to Created By My Hands!! L/F
Rainbow Artist Orlando L
Absolutely magnificent painting of this gorgeous landscape!! very impressive work!! L/F