Estes Park From the Birch Ruins
This view of the downtown are of Estes Park was taken from what I call the Birch Ruins, which is a set of ruins
of an old house built out of granite rocks. It sits up high on the edge of what is also known as the grassy knoll. The area
was recently converted over where tourists can walk to it from a small parking lot just in front of the Stanley Hotel. It is a beautiful
view from this area, and the history of the Birch ruins is quite interesting - a good reason for buying our book!
The original photo was taken by Louis McClure in ca.1908. The contemporary photo I shot in June of 2003. This photo rendered itself
to a near-perfect match. I like the fact that even the snow fields on Longs Peak and the mountain range are about the same size.
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