Maroon Lake and the Maroon Bells peaks, Colorado

Есенното равноденствие в Колорадо. Нека погледнем целия Maroon Lake Колорадо при върховете на Maroon Bells забулени в облаци. Двете планини, включващи Maroon Bells - Maroon Peak и North Maroon Peak-  едни от планините по-високи от 14,000 фута.

                                                                       Video by Inge Johnsson

The autumnal equinox is upon us, and fall has begun. To celebrate, let’s gaze across Colorado’s Maroon Lake at the cloud-shrouded peaks of the Maroon Bells. The two mountains comprising the Maroon Bells – Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak – are “fourteeners,” members of the class of mountains higher than 14,000 feet.

But don’t grab your climbing gear yet: The US Forest Service calls the Maroon Bells the “Deadly Bells.” For unlike other mountains in the Rockies, which are granite and limestone, both Maroon peaks are hardened mudstone. It’s less stable and can fracture easily, causing hazardous downsloping of loose rock. And it’s that mudstone that inspired the mountains’ colorful names.