 07/09/2015 - Blake Smith, Bob Croke, Ron Ziance and I decided to drive up to the new Spring Mountains Visitor Gateway Center at Mt. Charleston for a morning hike on the 4.5 mile Escarpment Trail located behind the visitor center. Click here for pictures and a description of our hike of the escarpment trail ... Escarpment Trail at the Spring Mountains Visitor Gateway Center. Because I actually spent a little more time walking around the area taking pictures including some interior shots of the visitor center's gift shop and interpretive display area, I updated my original page on the visitor center. Click here to view this page … Spring Mountains Visitor Gateway Center. One of the most fascinating features inside the visitor center are the etched windows that span the entire length of the building. Created by the local artist, Austine Wood Comarow, these 25 window panels depict pictures and scenes of plants and animals that are indigenous to the Spring Mountains area. When viewed normally, without polarized lenses, they appear as any other normally etched glass. However, when viewed with a polarized lens, they turn into "full-color" scenes. Click the following link to learn more about the artist and her work ... Polarized Light Art by Austine Wood Comarow. |
07/09/2015 - Blake Smith, Bob Croke, Ron Ziance and I decided to drive up to the new Spring Mountains Visitor Gateway Center at Mt. Charleston for a morning hike on the 4.5 mile Escarpment Trail located behind the visitor center. Click here for pictures and a description of our hike of the escarpment trail ... Escarpment Trail at the Spring Mountains Visitor Gateway Center. Because I actually spent a little more time walking around the area taking pictures including some interior shots of the visitor center's gift shop and interpretive display area, I updated my original page on the visitor center. Click here to view this page … Spring Mountains Visitor Gateway Center. One of the most fascinating features inside the visitor center are the etched windows that span the entire length of the building. Created by the local artist, Austine Wood Comarow, these 25 window panels depict pictures and scenes of plants and animals that are indigenous to the Spring Mountains area. When viewed normally, without polarized lenses, they appear as any other normally etched glass. However, when viewed with a polarized lens, they turn into "full-color" scenes. Click the following link to learn more about the artist and her work ... Polarized Light Art by Austine Wood Comarow.
