Bohemian Waxings at Guanella Pass

[Sondra Bland]

Bob and I went up to Guanella Pass today (11/25/22) to try for Ptarmigan at Guanella Pass and didn't see any, but we had a very nice consolation prize, a flock of 24 Bohemian Waxwings. They were about 1.5 miles from the Mt Bierstadt trailhead, in the upper meadow NE of the trail. They stayed in the area feeding and flying around and putting on a stunning show for the entire time we were there, at least 2 hours.

[Adrian Lakin]

Found them here 
39.598099,-105.688026

Lots of bushwhacking needed to get to them. They were very active flying between evergreens and feeding at the edge of a frozen beaver pond.

Many thanks to Sondra and Bob.

Adrian Lakin, 

Mead,CO

On Fri, Nov 25, 2022, 6:58 PM Sondra Bland <sondratb...@gmail.com> wrote:

Bob and I went up to Guanella Pass today (11/25/22) to try for Ptarmigan at Guanella Pass and didn't see any, but we had a very nice consolation prize, a flock of 24 Bohemian Waxwings. They were about 1.5 miles from the Mt Bierstadt trailhead, in the upper meadow NE of the trail. They stayed in the area feeding and flying around and putting on a stunning show for the entire time we were there, at least 2 hours.

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[Tyler Wilson]

Is the pass still open?

Tyler Wilson

Adams County

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On Nov 26, 2022, at 2:23 PM, Adrian Lakin <adrian...@gmail.com> wrote:



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[adrian...@gmail.com]

It was open today. The road is snow-free until the last couple of miles up to the Bierstadt Trail parking. Check this website for current conditions… https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/arp/recarea/?recid=28510  

 

Yaktrax were handy on some sections of the trail (if you find 1… it’s mine!). I walked the main Bierstadt Trail up to this point 39.593444, -105.695858 and then veered off trail to the left. There are lots of small willows to walk through and plenty of completely frozen pools and a frozen creek to cross. Some of the snow was knee deep, but the rest was fairly shallow.

 

Good luck.

 

Adrian Lakin,

Mead, CO