This is kind of goofy but some of the avatars on BPL show off some really cool places. I am always wondering, "where is that?"

So, if you feel like it, describe the place, event,and whatever shown in your avatar. Mine is just a cropping of a shot taken at the trail head of Long's Peak from 2006.

Laurence, I've had the same wonderings on numerous occasions.

I think mine's obvious - Yosemite. Specifically, this was my first trip up Yosemite Falls. Pic is from the top of the falls, Glacier Point just off right edge, Half Dome across, and I think, the Clark range is what's visible behind/right of Half Dome in the distance. Red Peak is behind & left of Glacier Pt.

United States Virgin Islands - Virgin Island National Park - St John. Rented an expensive house, drank a dozen cocktails a day by noon, and pounded out all of their trail. Great place, good times.

Behind me is the Atlantic followed by Brazil.

Since we have an "Ugly Mug" post I would like to see if there is any interest in "Describe Your Avatar". Some show some pretty cool places or some pretty cool images. It would be interesting to hear the story behind the image.

Mine is a self portrait just before dawn on Pawnee Pass last Fall. I'm busting trail towards Lone Eagle Peak alone and in the snow.

Just me cropped from my dad and grandpa this past year on a fishing trip up in Ontario, Canada. We where landing on some island to do a shore lunch.

Edited by Berner9 on 12/22/2009 18:04:10 MST.

In a cave in Stephen's Gulch, Escalante, ca. 2006 :)

This is my 2 y/o Chocolate Lab. Her name is Taylor (or TayBomb as she has a tendency to bomb into me on the trails). The picture is of her atop mt. cardigan in New Hampshire on a cool late spring day. She goes crazy for her Granite Gear pack and even tries to put in on herself!

... it is what it is. Gravel Springs shelter on the AT in Shenandoah National Park.

Gornergrat (Switzerland), looking towards the Matterhorn (obviously).

(The green frog outfit - Main Range, Mt Twynam, Kosciusko NP, Australia.)

My shadow on the trail from Maroon Lake to Crater Lake, near Aspen, Co...

Me on top of Mt. Pleasant in the Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area, Va., Dec. 2008. Something tells me there's a lot more snow now than there was a year ago this time!

John Muir Wilderness,Crown Basin-Finger Peak 12,404ft.
On my way to the Enchanted Gorge and Goddard Creek 2005.

Edited by Creachen on 12/22/2009 18:39:24 MST.

A photo I shot a couple of years ago...about my normal state of mind. It's titled "Lose Something?"

I thought I was going to find out if the new movie is really worth seeing. It would be my second movie viewed in a theater this year, I think that would be a record for me.

Mine was taken early one morning back in June of this year at a camp high above Lost Creek in the Lost Creek Wilderness, Colorado.

Hey Jay,

Did you make it down Enchanted Gorge and back up Goddard Creek? I'm always looking for first hand accounts. I went over Rheinstein Pass into the headwaters of Goddard Creek a couple of years ago, but took a pass on Enchanted Gorge since it was mid August; I felt it was a bit late to chance the snow bridges in the Gorge. I'd be real interested to hear about your experience.

I'm actually not sure. It's somewhere in the Sierra, on the PCT, north of VVR and South of Red's Meadow. It's likely that it's the pass shot from Selden or Silver Pass. Anyone recognize it? What's the range and the canyon that you see? The full photo is below.

EDIT: I'm pretty sure that it's Silver Pass and that those mountains in the background at the Minarets.

Edited by Found on 12/22/2009 21:07:37 MST.

Carson Falls; Marin Municipal Water District, Marin Co.,CA

Daughter and I - Moab, Arches NP, I think that is Skyline Arch.