Guess the spot

[Kmatjhwy]

Have noticed that there is NO Whitebark Pines in the photo among the trees that I can tell .... Hmmmm!

 

[Artemus]

Have noticed that there is NO Whitebark Pines in the photo among the trees that I can tell .... Hmmmm!

Interesting observation. What does that mean to you? Seems like the picture is taken from too low of an elevation for there to be Whitebarks due to the trees that are visible. Curious.

 

[Kmatjhwy]

Artemus, now that is possible. But Whitebark Pines only occur like from the Wind Rivers and Wyoming north. They do NOT occur in Colorado. Notice the spruce and fir trees in the forest but no Whitebarks ... it could be just the photo. But in Colorado, the high elevation forest is made up of spruce and fir just like the photo with NO Whitebarks. Possibly Colorado????? Now so many mountains down that way and I haven't been there for many many a year for no grizzlies. There is also a few dead pines in the photo - beetle killed trees it seems???? Could be wrong but just an observation.

 

[Outdoor_Fool]

o'Fool, can you confirm that the peak is not within the comprehensive guess set that Skipper offered up? If not, this will be a lot harder....

And, @Rockskipper, I offered for you to call me if you got permanently stuck in your hammock again tonight so that I could talk you through self-rescue. Not to drive all the way to G'springs necessarily, first I would try to call @gnwatts or @IntrepidXJ to come rescue you first since they are closer. Perhaps you should sew in some safety release velcro hatches in your hammock bottom before you get stuck in that thing for the night, again. Then your doggies might be able coaxed into releasing you too... Pro survival tip: take your phone in there with you.

What has become of our Guess the Spot contest? It is kinda fun...

Peak is not within any range mentioned by the intrepid @Rockskipper, but I am trying to hold back the laughter right now.

@Artemus, please continue to talk her off the hammock ledge, we are worried for her safety.

Excellent observation on the whitebarks, the trees in the scene include Engelmann spruce and maybe a subalpine fir.

Glad to read that we have reached "fun" status.

 

[Rockskipper]

Art, the pizza guy showed up and helped me out. He said you called him, and he said he'll bill you for the pizza, so thanks, and I'm going to order a Hennessy Classic (opens from the bottom). It's too dangerous continuing like this - I mean, what if I got stuck in the wilderness?

I have no idea where this spot is, but I would bet my Eno hammock it's not in Colorado.

 

[Rockskipper]

Sawtooths? (I had one shot left)

 

[Outdoor_Fool]

Sawtooths...negative

Funny but I thought this would be an easy one. Maybe when @Ben is finished with @Rockskipper's t-shirt, the answer will appear. I guess one never knows. I'll pass along an obscure hint in a couple hours.

 

[Kmatjhwy]

Now I saw an image of a peak that is in Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park. The photos did not say the name of the peak. This peak in Rocky Mtn. NP does have a notch on the left side of the peak like yours. Now if this is the peak .... the image of this peak is in the publications by a photographer named Erik Stensland. He has a 2018 calender he is selling with this peak on the very cover of the calender. And he is having a book named Whispers in the Wilderness and on google imagesof this book .... it opens to a page with this peak. Is this the peak??? Can't find the name of it.
But google that calender and book and photos and the image might come up. I will see if I can get a name of the peak.

 

[Kmatjhwy]

Found the name of this place ....

.... Notchtop Mountain in Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park and near Lake Helene, Lake Odessa, & the Two Rivers Lake Area????

 

[mike_offerman]

I don't believe it is Notchtop, but I have been wrong before!

 

[Outdoor_Fool]

Not Notchtop, beautiful area though. Go north.
This peak is not the iconic peak in the range it resides in but it is the second most iconic peak, at least it seems to be.

 

[Rockskipper]

Well, hows about the Bitterroots? Maybe up above Hamilton near Blodgett canyon?

 

[Outdoor_Fool]

Nope, not the Bitterroots.

 

[MikeM]

Crazies?

 

[Absarokanaut]

Is the mountain named for a famous landscape Painter? Heeh heeh.

 

[chandlerwest]

Is it in the Bob Marshall?

 

[Scott Chandler]

Famous landscape painter??? Is there a Bob Ross Mountain/Peak?

 

[LarryBoy]

Famous landscape painter??? Is there a Bob Ross Mountain/Peak?

Come to think of it, those trees do look little and happy...

 

[Jeffrey Chandler]

The only range i can think of that seems to not have been mentioned is the bighorns... but Scottt would surely be able to get that but is it blacktooth peak? much WAG little Success

 

[Scott Chandler]

There are plenty of ranges south of Glacier National Park (which as far as I've seen is the only geographic hint we've gotten.)