Vail Mountain at sunset, August 6. Looking south, the sunset light reflects off of low clouds over Holy Cross Mountains.

Vail Mountain at sunset, August 6.

Copper Mountain, August 7. On top of Spaulding Mountain. Behind Marsha is the Ten Mile Range. Breckenridge is, literally, just a mile or so on the other side of these peaks. However, you have to drive north and then south about 10 miles to get around these mountains to Breckenridge.