Wave cloud North of Longs Peak from transition to the Tundra Zone

Fantastic cloud. I will keep it in my favorites. You had a great weekend, Rich.

Greetings Inessa and Billy, Thanks for visiting the Battle Mountain Junction and cloud and your wonderful comments.

Inessa - More examples of the wave clouds and how long it lasted. Some times they form a long cloud from horizon to horizon. Other times they are just this small lenticular formation. It was a wonderful day in the hills, if not just a bit cold for the gloves I had with me.

Billy - I guess they need to tell the hikers where they are and which trail to take to get where they are going. The park has a huge number of hikers each year and they don't want all those people getting lost. Many of us know where the old service trails are. They are not signed so we get them to ourselves!

Thanks both for visiting. Glad you enjoyed the day on Longs Peak's lower flanks. I sure did.

Cheers,

Rich

Thank you for your story about the clouds. Amazing thing. There is a link to another one

Cheers, Inessa

Greetings Inessa, Thanks for the link, I remember seeing this in the past. It is amazing isn't it?

Cheers,

Rich

This is a great picture of a wave cloud, Rich! I really like it! Looks like you had a wonderful weekend in the snow! Cheers, Anne

Greetings Anne, Thanks for visiting the wave cloud and your wonderful comment. The mountains in the Park set up lots of nice wave clouds. This particular cloud hung around for hours without changing, which is unusual. It was a good friend for the day.

Cheers,

Rich

Beautiful cloud! Never seen one like this in real.

Greetings Mohammed, Thanks for visiting the wave cloud high up in the park. These clouds form when the jet stream winds aloft cross over the mountains and form a wave shape. The cloud forms under the wave. They can be small discs over a single mountain peak or a long slender cloud the length of the mountain range. When we see these clouds over the park we know it is going to be a very windy day of hiking. These are especially pretty at sunset.

Cheers,

Rich