"Where in North America?" -- Section II

[Kestrel]

This is the Second section of a popular mind puzzle first brought to the membership by member Quebec Gen.

General Rules of the "Where in North America is this?" Game
1) Anyone can play -- just follow along and test your mettle about places found in North America.
2) You'll need to be a registered member of this Forum if you want to contribute your own photographs and/or participate in the discussion for each place.
3) You will need to have the ownership or usage rights to any photo that you post on this forum, as per the terms & conditions of Federal copyright law. If you post a photo that you do not own the rights to, Forum Management reserves the right to remove it. As a matter of practical use, we would expect that you would be posting only those photos that you or a close family member have taken.
4) Every photo of a mystery place needs to be unique in some way -- And there should be "visual clues" in the photo to enable us to solve where the mystery location is...

(Inactive -- you can look, but not enter new posts!)
Section I = 33 pages of places you might know
Section II = 28 more pages of places and some REALLY gorgeous photographs!
Section III = 28 more pages of places that might really stump you!
Section IV -- 15 more pages, with some very tricky clues
Section V -- 15 more pages of some very pretty and engaging places....
Section VI -- 15 more pages with more of those "very creative" clues that are nearly as vexing as the images....
Section VII -- Marked by some very clever clues and some VERY challenging puzzles spread over another 15 pages of places you might have seen in your travels in North America.
Section VIII, started on September 22nd with mystery puzzles from a dozen or more states and some new players have joined the merry band of geo-wizards...working on another fifteen pages of puzzles.
Section IX-- Some really beautiful and challenging puzzle mystery locations from all over North America found on another 15 pages.
Section X -- Spanning nearly four months of puzzles of North American locations on 16 more pages.
Section XI -- Started on March 14, 2010.
Section XII-- Started June 11, 2010 with 20 pages of new geo-puzzles from around North America

Section XIII-- Started July 29, 2014 is currently the Active Part of this Game/Contest

Enjoy! Courtesy of the RoadTrip Enthusiasts Group!

Where is this?

[Midwest Michael]

That looks a bit like Rocky Mountain National Park

[Kestrel]

That looks a bit like Rocky Mountain National Park

Yes, but it's not Rocky Mountain National Park.

[Mark Sedenquist]

Great shot -- but not really sure where -- Is it in the States or Canada?

Mark

[Southwest Dave]

Looks like Rubys Inn outside Bryce NP to me?

But I'll give it to you ;-)

It's the "Old Bryce town" opposite Ruby's Inn but I think it's part of their complex.

[Kestrel]

Great shot -- but not really sure where -- Is it in the States or Canada?

Mark

It's in the United States, but not in a National Park.

[Foy]

It's in the United States, but not in a National Park.

........but having not traveled quite as extensively as some of you, it's all the inference I have oftentimes.

I'll say somewhere in the Uinta Range of Utah. Relatively flat-lying strata, at above-timberline up top, and sculpted by alpine glaciers to form cirques, aretes, and tarns. Forested at slightly lower elevations.

For any interested in glacial geomorphology, the curved cliff-face on the right is the headwall of a cirque, the walker is astride of an arete, and the small lake at lower elevation on the left is a tarn, itself below another cirque.

Foy

PS--on edit, I have another thought. See next post.

[Foy]

After further thought, I'll say somewhere in MT or WY along the Beartooth Highway. The tundra up top and the hiker, appearing to have reached that elevation without more than "short distance" gear and garb, are my indicators.

There are few, if any, portions of the upper reaches of the Uintas reachable by lightly-equipped day-trippers, I believe.

Foy

[Kestrel]

After further thought, I'll say somewhere in MT or WY along the Beartooth Highway. The tundra up top and the hiker, appearing to have reached that elevation without more than "short distance" gear and garb, are my indicators.

There are few, if any, portions of the upper reaches of the Uintas reachable by lightly-equipped day-trippers, I believe.

Foy

The Beartooth Highway is an incredible drive. But the photo isn't from that area. It's not nearly as flat as the photo on top of the Beartooths.

Just in front of the hiker, the ridge is less than five feet wide. A lot of folks turn around at this point.

[Foy]

.....then I'm back to the Uintas in UT.

Foy