Bighorns and Longs Peak

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Silhouette near Cameron Pass.....

Nokhu Crags near Walden, Colorado.

Thought I'd start sharing some fall colors....this one is along the Arkansas River near Fremont Pass:

^Nice. Here's a couple from Sunday's hike to Lake Isabel.

I like the multi-colored brush Probably covered in snow right now. Here's another shot from St. Elmo area:

Just a few "point and shoots" from the Western Slope while riding in the Monument the last couple days.

Fruita Canyon Climb


A Big Horn near the top.



Cycling along the Rim Drive



........and the descent on the Junction side.



The autumn weather has been ....so nice.

Love the snapshots, Sagebum. I grew up in that area, so it's esp. nice for me to revisit. Speaking of that area....here's a shot I took this weekend from Grand Mesa:

ccdrider...I think we missed the peak of aspen colors by a week but your pics make the most of anything.

We have lived here part time for a very long time and always enjoy it all.

Monday I rode from Cedaredge over to Powderhorn and back. The Aspens were well past but the Oaks were starting to peak.





One of my favorite spots on the Mesa side near the top.





Well we leave Saturday, may be back in November.....with a little snow and clouds the Monument can be very pretty then too.

Cool shots.....love the Mesa! It's such an amazing place that only the locals really are aware of.....it's hard to imagine 300 lakes up there! Here's another shot from a small pond off one of the many dirt roads in the area:



And then here's another very colorful shot from the area between Collbran and Silt.....one of the reasons they call it Colorful Colorado!:

Not technically a "mountain". It's really a giant hole in the ground but here's from Sublime Point on the north rim of the Grand Canyon

Close enough. It's mountainous like terrain, so it qualifies. Sublime is a good word.

Another shot from a recent fall colors tour....Sneffels Range panorama:

Just amazing!! Thanks for sharing and reminding me to get away from the desk.

It's a 20 mile (one way) mountain ride from the North Rim Campground. You can camp right on the point (which is how I got the moonset pictures) with a back country pass. No one was out there that night.

McClure Pass between Carbondale and Paonia:

Continuing in my vein of holes in the ground, here are pictures from a trip to the Picketwire Dinosaur trackway in southeastern Colorado

Purgatory River Canyon (aka Picketwire Canyon)

Petroglyphs along the trail. This is one of about 5 horned lizard features at this site

The reason I go down there. Sauropod tracks (likely apatosaurs) from 150 million years ago. A nice day on the beach. There are several parallel tracks to these two sets indicating herding behavior.

Coming down one of two climbs in the canyon. The last one (back to camp is a killer)

Just to show that there are no mountains out here

An American Pronghorn doe from the above picture. She was scooting along at about 40 mph at this point.

This one is pretty weird. This particular angle of a shot at sunrise makes the rock on the right appear to be a face. As far as I know there is no mention of this in any guidebook nor have I seen anyone else take a photo from this vantage point. This is looking northeast toward the Mummy Range from Rock Cut on Trail Ridge Road.

Frying Pan River near Basalt, Colorado:

Magnifique!!!

A perfect place to reflect:

I call this shot "The Maze":



Here's a close up of how thick the aspen boles are in this area of southern Colorado:

Turquoise Lake from Hagerman Pass, Sawatch Range....central Colorado.

Another shot of the Frying Pan River....

Nice shots again. I love to fish the Pan.