Durango Snowdown Special
| February 03, 2019 01:31PM |
Each February the town of Durango stages its grand Snowdown Celebration on the first weekend in February. Among the many activities is a mass hot air balloon launch in the Animas Valley near the D&S crossing with Hermosa Meadows Road. In honor of the event, the depature of the Cascade Turn is moved up by a couple of hours and the train pauses for 20 minutes or so to allow the passengers to disembark and take in the spectacle.
Yesterday the winds were quite calm and many balloons were aloft or getting ready to launch as 476 waited for the passengers to reboard.
Full disclosure - high tension lines were edited out of this image.
Larry Gross
Yesterday the winds were quite calm and many balloons were aloft or getting ready to launch as 476 waited for the passengers to reboard.
Full disclosure - high tension lines were edited out of this image.
Larry Gross
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LJGross | February 03, 2019 01:31PM |
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Urias von Meyenburg | February 03, 2019 03:32PM |
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nickgully | February 03, 2019 05:05PM |
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guymonmd | February 03, 2019 05:35PM |
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
The NGDF was started by Don Richter and is currently operated in his memory by Nathan Holmes and others. Others who have contributed to the upkeep of this board are (in no particular order): Charles McCandless, Everett Lueck, Ted Wilton, Cole Adams, James Bane, John Moellmer, Jon Bentz, Linn Moedinger, lloyd lehrer, Rod Jensen, John Craft, Steven Forney, Herb Kelsey, Bill Ramaley, Russ Sperry (El Russo Loco), Josh McNeal, John West, Jim Armstrong, Bob Bergstrom, Greg Scholl, Blake Forbes Doug van Veelen and Mark Fuller.