Going to Grass at 9,000ft

[3waycross]

Moved the girls to some high pastures today. They will probably stay there till Oct 1st. Then move a few miles down the road and another 1000ft lower.
All of this up to the trees and several miles west


Headed over the hill to find the other cows


NIce grass up there. No often we see hip high grass at this altitude.

 

[Deepsouth]

Great pictures! Thanks for posting them.

 

[Chuckie]

Beautiful fields 3Way. The girls should be happy.

 

[cowwrangler]

looks very good 3way

 

[Oldtimer]

Yep beautiful country... Looks nice now that you folks got grass again..

 

[3waycross]

Yep beautiful country... Looks nice now that you folks got grass again..

Funny thing is mine just came off 2in tall gramma grass looking great. I hope they do as well on this hip high brome. The tall grass is hay they decided was not good enuf to cut this year.

 

[HDRider]

Real nice pictures.

 

[Workinonit Farm]

Wow....really pretty pictures and views.

I hope they do well for you up there.

Those higher altitudes bring different challenges.

 

[cow pollinater]

Great pics.
One of these days I'm going to come see Colorado. I can see 9000' here but I can't imagine seeing it when the mountain tops look like gentle foothills. :lol:
Do the cattle push up into the timber at all or is gathering as easy as bringing them out of the grass at the bottom?

 

[3waycross]

Great pics.
One of these days I'm going to come see Colorado. I can see 9000' here but I can't imagine seeing it when the mountain tops look like gentle foothills. :lol:
Do the cattle push up into the timber at all or is gathering as easy as bringing them out of the grass at the bottom?

They wont get near those trees with that much grass. When we gather usually we just call em and cake em into the portable, They do go into the trees a lot on other pastures but most of this is fenced off of the trees.

 

[TexasBred]

Awesome countryside. I'd have to just sit there and stare at it several hours. (while sucking oxygen). :nod:

 

[LRTX1]

Great pictures Vic. I got winded just looking at them. That altitude is not for this Florida boy!

 

[slick4591]

Great pics!

 

[gizmom]

Truly beautiful country thanks for sharing.

Gizmom

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

Nice country! Reminds me of where we hunt elk in Mt.

Thin air for us guys, I'm on top of the hill here at 169' elevation.

Hope the pasture works well for you, any predators in the area?

Scott

 

[3waycross]

Nice country! Reminds me of where we hunt elk in Mt.

Thin air for us guys, I'm on top of the hill here at 169' elevation.

Hope the pasture works well for you, any predators in the area?

Scott

Cats, Coyotes. Not real worried about either one.

 

[Nesikep]

Nice pics.. if you go up to 9000 ft around, you're standing on a pile of crush rock without a blade of grass visible for a LONG ways, treeline here is about 7500 ft, and that's about where there's enough dirt to grow grass too.

I heard the cats prefer horse to cow... lots of feral horses here fall prey to mountain lion every year, but never a cow. Sure hope they never get bored of horse meat!

 

[Fire Sweep Ranch]

Very pretty. How often do you see the cows once they go up there?

 

[3waycross]

Very pretty. How often do you see the cows once they go up there?

I am sharing it with some friends. One of us will check them once a week. It's about 40 miles from home. My friend is headed up there tomorrow morning.

 

[LazyARanch]

Beautiful... post some updates now and then. Love looking at that kinda country! :tiphat: