Near Snowmass 1987 (Photo inspiration for painting)

I came across this photo while looking for some mountains to paint for an upcoming show.  This photo was taken in 1987 during a trip to Colorado.  We drove into the mountains and stayed in Snowmass Village for a couple of days.  In the past,  I have considered using this photo as a painting reference, but was never able to come up with a composition that I liked  when I cropped it.  But this time, I had an idea;  I would crop this photo into two images, and create two paintings that could be displayed together (AKA a diptyche in art history classes).