WEMINUCHE WILDERNESS, COLORADO
		Photographic Archive 1986-1993

 

 

 

 

 

Site Location:               The monitoring site was located in southwestern Colorado, approximately 75 kilometers northeast of Durango in the San Juan Mountains.

 

 

Photographic Station:    The camera was located at the Molas Pass summit on the highest ridge between Molas Pass and Little Molas Lake, west of highway 550.  The camera viewed Indian Trail Ridge (~230°), 38.5 km.  A second camera was installed and viewed White Dome Pass (~103°), 15.1 km from 1986 – 1987.

 

 

Operational Period:       White Dome Pass Vista 07/25/86 – 02/24/87

Indian Trail Ridge vista 08/12/86 – 08/24/93

                                   

 

Data Collection:            Photographs were taken at 09:00, 12:00, and 15:00 daily.  Approximately 7,000 35mm-color slides of the Indian Trail Ridge vista were reviewed to develop the provided historical photographic archive.