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2012 Way Out West Calendar images

A little different look this year with more faces than in years past. Many of these will show up in the eventual book.
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Photo by Walt Hester<br /> Real cowboys ski, slide and stumble down the slope at the Cowboy Downhill in Steamboat Springs. The event began when Olympic skier Billy Kidd invited cowboys from the Western Stock Show to the resort town for a little winter fun.
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Photo by Walt Hester
Real cowboys ski, slide and stumble down the slope at the Cowboy Downhill in Steamboat Springs. The event began when Olympic skier Billy Kidd invited cowboys from the Western Stock Show to the resort town for a little winter fun.

Cowboy Downhill

  • Photo by Walt Hester<br /> Real cowboys ski, slide and stumble down the slope at the Cowboy Downhill in Steamboat Springs. The event began when Olympic skier Billy Kidd invited cowboys from the Western Stock Show to the resort town for a little winter fun.
  • Photo by Walt Hester<br /> Thermometers on MacGregor Ranch read 2 degrees below zero, 30 degrees warmer than the previous day, as ranch foreman Brett Rasmussen feeds the ranch's small herd of Angus cattle early during the stretch of extreme cold in Estes Park, Colo. "We want to feed them early just to get something in them when it's so cold," said Rasmussen.
  • Photo by Walt Hester<br /> Participants in the annual Frozen Dead Guy Days parade through the streets of Nederland, Colo. in March. The event not only serves to draw people to the little mountain town west of Boulder, but also signals the coming of spring at altitude.
  • Photo by Walt Hester<br /> A coyote dive-bombs breakfast in Rocky Mountain National Park. The adaptable creatures live mainly on rodents.
  • Photo by Walt Hester<br /> Wildflowers bloom in late May from the red sand of Arches National Park near Moab, Utah. Though the area sees little moisture throughout the year, rain and ice are the sculptures of the stunning landscape.
  • Photo by Walt Hester<br /> A young boy takes a super-heroic pose in Estes Park's Stanley Playground. His mother later explained the boy refused to take off his cape.
  • Photo by Walt Hester<br /> A Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association judge checks his score sheet during the Rooftop Rodeo in Estes Park, Colo. The event has won the PRCA's Best Small Outdoor Rodeo award five of the last eight years.
  • Photo by Walt Hester<br /> Interperative Ranger Barbara Hoppe adds a memorable spin to her Bighorn talk on Friday at Sheep Lake. Interperative rangers inform visitors about woldflowers, wildlife, geology and even stars in the night sky.
  • Photo by Walt Hester<br /> Aspens from the iconic view of Bear Lake and Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park. Thre view is so closely tied to fall in the area that two competing newspapers featured it on their front pages in the same week.
  • Photo by Walt Hester<br /> Aspens take on the same orange hue as the Diamond on Longs Peak before an October sunrise. The autumnal colors of aspen can change from year to year depending on the weather of the previous winter and spring.
  • Photo by Walt Hester<br /> Elite-Pro men stride over a barrier and head up a steep hill. Cyclocross is a hybrid of road cycling and cross-coutry running, originally created to keep European road cyclists in shape through winter. Now 'Cross racing is a specialty all its own.
  • Photo by Walt Hester<br /> The award-winning Bobcats' Marching Band lights up Elkhorn Avenue in Estes Park, Colo. with their music as well as their uniforms on the Friday after Thanksgiving. The band sports mobile Christmas lights powered by battery packs.
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