Snow Cross on lafayette and other items.

[carole]

Beam me up

 

[rocket21]

Those who cannot see it are not enlightened.

I see a dog! The head and collar on the left side of the patch of snow.

 

[nartreb]

Not seasonal, but: Anybody got a good photo of the Imp Face in the Carter Range? Come to think of it, how about a shot that shows how Owl's Head got its name? (Supposedly a pattern of shadows in the southern cliff face.)
And I've never been able to spot a Lion Head, or a Cannon...

PS lots of slides named for their shape. I like Eagle Slide ; there's also Mt O-J-I, named for the shape of three slides (which have since gone all blurry).

 

[erugs]

My Aunt Francis was a local teacher and writer in the Littleton/Bethlehem area. In the 50s she penned this:

Snow Cross on Mount Lafayette

The days of winter were a rosary.
Now it is April, and I'll not forget
To watch the darkening hills until I see
The unforgetting cross on Lafayette.

I'll wait, as I have waited every year,
For mountain crags to shed their ice and snow
Until the deep, cross-patterned scars appear
Still drifted white, and then at last I'll know

That it is Spring, although you're far away
And I am not accustomed, even yet,
To loneliness. But constantly I pray
For strength to bear my cross, like Lafayette

Francis Ann Johnson Hancock

 

[Fisher Cat]

I can attest, the seven is real and undoctored. A local old timer told me that he didnt plant his tomatoes until the seven was gone. It is shielded from most of the direct sun until early in the summer so it does hang around for quite a while.

In Jefferson we used to say "When the 7's gone, the shorts go on." Unless, like everyone else you wore shorts in the house all winter long.

 

[cbcbd]

I think the seven is on the same side as Crag Camp. I don't think it is skiable.

It's been skied, by far better skiers then me.

Lol, I haven't seen Dave ski, but I'm sure the "far better" is probably not accurate. I skied it last year and it was a blast. Most of it is between 30-35 degrees and the top headwall is 45. It's on the right corner of the Ravine. Since I came up the Airline, the crux was finding the King Ravine trail after skiing the gully. Some pics:
Another weekend climbing:
http://s15.photobucket.com/albums/a399/ourbuddies/hike/kravine07/

You can kinda see the 7 here:

skiing day:
http://s15.photobucket.com/albums/a399/ourbuddies/skiing/kravine0407/

Full report on T4T:
http://timefortuckerman.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8260

Those who cannot see it are not enlightened.

I see a chicken, does that count?

 

[erugs]

While not the best quality, here is a feature I spotted a few years back just off the summitt of Lafayette thatI call the Old Snow Man.

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[evilhanz]

Not seasonal, but: Anybody got a good photo of the Imp Face in the Carter Range? Come to think of it, how about a shot that shows how Owl's Head got its name? (Supposedly a pattern of shadows in the southern cliff face.)
And I've never been able to spot a Lion Head, or a Cannon...

Imp Face: This old Shorey postcard is the best image of the imp I've seen. Here is a more recent, poor quality photo from further away.

Owl's Head: You can see the owl's head in this photo taken from high on the Osseo Trail. The small area of rock below the summit of the southern peak is the beak which with the two rounded mounds form the owl's head shape. At least, this is what I've always thought people were referring to. You could make a case for the lower cliffs forming a more angular owl's head shape, but the upper owl's head is more "obvious".

Cannon: I can't spot the cannon from any photos I've taken and I don't remember seeing it around the summit, but it's there somewhere. This photo from an old book about the history of Franconia shows the feature up close. It's probably best seen from the north and west. Maybe someone has a more recent photo?

 

[brianW]

Its not seasonal but there is an upside down "camel" on one of the mountains in Baxter. Rember seeing it while rafting the Penobscot a few years back.

 

[giggy]

aka great gully

 

[king tut]

How many of these "illusions" require you to be on acid? I missed the 70's, and I am not seeing many of these images. Stay off drugs kids.

 

[Jason Berard]

here's the Lion's Head

Not seasonal, but: Anybody got a good photo of the Imp Face in the Carter Range? Come to think of it, how about a shot that shows how Owl's Head got its name? (Supposedly a pattern of shadows in the southern cliff face.)
And I've never been able to spot a Lion Head, or a Cannon...

PS lots of slides named for their shape. I like Eagle Slide ; there's also Mt O-J-I, named for the shape of three slides (which have since gone all blurry).

this is the only vantage point where I've been able to see the lion's head. It from Davis Path near Boott Spur:

 

[Snowflea]

I see the duck! I see the duck!

Gosh, I feel so enlightened.

As I began reading this thread, Colorado's northernmost Sawatch 14, Mt. of the Holy Cross was the first peak that came to mind. In July 2005 while running off the summit on a particularly "electrical" day complete with hair starting to stand straight on end, I even had a religious experience.

 

[Kevin Judy and Emma]

For those not on acid...

I see the dog, too, but it takes a little more imagination, but not as much as the Llama, Llama, Duck Song.

How about:

Elephant Head.

Snow Arch in Tuckerman Ravine, 7/1/06.

Or, the elusive Mount Washington Emerald Frog.

KDT

 

[Waumbek]

Like the Mansfield ridge line representing a profile lying on the back of its head--nose, chin, forehead, and so forth--the Franconia ridge line was likened to Washington lying in state. Honest. It never really caught on. Kinda hard or indelicate to figure out which bumps and peaks and cols represented what anatomical feature on our first president lying at rest, I guess. I have always thought it was Franconia's effort to pull the leg of the patriot Presi's.

 

[blacknblue]

Its not seasonal but there is an upside down "camel" on one of the mountains in Baxter. Rember seeing it while rafting the Penobscot a few years back.

... and don't forget the right-side up camel along the Camel Trail, which goes more or less from Lakes Hut to Boott Spur.

 

[nartreb]

I totally forgot about the legendary Monadnock Polar Bear... should've used it two days ago.

click to enlarge:

 

[expat]

Lion's head

Jason,

I've never noticed that view of Lion's Head before, but the view I'm familiar with is when looking at Lion's Head from the Glen House (preferably through binoculars), the head and mane are very clear. The head is comprised of the main bulk of the rocks, while the mane is made up of all the talus rocks that poke through the snow in winter, or the krummholz in summer.

Chuck Theodore has an excellent photo of it that he had in one of his calendars about 15 years ago. I couldn't find the exact photo of it on his website, but I found this one: http://www.chucktheodore.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=27_28&products_id=348

You can see the nose and head of the lion "looking" to the left, and the mane is somewhat visible going off to the right.

 

[king tut]

OK,
One of the few that I can see and believe in is the legend of the Sleeping Indian of the Bigelow mountain range in Maine. This image is from Mainelyhiking.com. He is lying on his back.

If you look to the right, you can see his head, which is Avery Peak. Avery Col is his neck, his arms are folded on his chest, made up of West Peak. Then you see his thighs, knees, and shins heading towards his feet which are the Horns Peaks.