Wildflowers
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After backpacking in several miles to photograph this spectacular wildflower meadow, it rained for a few hours. Convinced the rain would break at the last minute, I stood here getting soaked while finding a composition and protecting my camera. The rain gave way to this explosive sunset only for a few minutes.
Woolly Mule's Ears carpet a meadow overlooking the iconic Marcellina Mountain in Crested Butte, Colorado. This sunset took place on July 14, 2019, my 30th birthday. Great gift from Mother Nature if you ask me.
Early Summer Lupines coming into bloom along the shore of an alpine lake in the Gore Range, Colorado.
The skies have been extremely hazy lately due to the wildfires in California and locally near Kremmling. The air has a strong scent of camp fire. It may be somewhat difficult to tell from this photo, but this entire basin had a low hanging haze similar to fog. Typically the field next to the cabin holds a nice collection of assorted wildflowers that peak in late July / early August, but this year they were all gone aside from these last patches of Fireweed.
A fiery sky over a field of Lupines in the Gore Range, Colorado
Thirty Trips Around The Sun (Horizontal Version)
Horizontal version of this image for a different print option. Woolly Mule's Ears carpet a meadow overlooking the iconic Marcellina Mountain in Crested Butte, Colorado. This sunset took place on July 14, 2019, my 30th birthday. Great gift from Mother Nature if you ask me.
Queen's Crowns at an Unnamed Alpine Lake
This unnamed lake has been on my list for a while now. I first spotted it years ago from the summit of the mountain pictured and my eye has always been drawn to it on maps. Not exactly sure why it took me so long to get up there. Perhaps I was saving it for the right time. I made a backpacking trip out of it last week and was not disappointed. There is something special about unnamed areas...a different kind of seclusion. I’ve been drawn to similar places lately in an attempt to not only try something different, but in search of less human activity.
Mid summer backpacking trip near Aspen, Colorado in the Collegiate Range. I had no knowledge of wildflowers in this area. It rained a fair amount this day so we spent most of the day hunkered down in the tent, but there was a nice calm short window around sunset. The bees buzzed around as I tried to position things without affecting them or the flowers.
Queen's Crown Wild Flowers at a high alpine lake in Breckenridge, Colorado. This lake holds Native Colorado Greenback Cutthroat Trout which is one of the most beautiful trout in existence. The winds were absolutely relentless on this 3 day trip. My tent was folding over and it rained/hailed extremely hard, but the storms gave way to some truly magical sunsets. Sometimes patience pays off in the backcountry, and when it does it is really special.
Purple Skies and Purple Asters
Last light on some Asters in the Collegiate Range, Colorado
Sunset and Wildflowers on Breckenridge and the Ten Mile Range
Sunset over Breckenridge and the Ten Mile Range as seen from 13,000' near the summit of Baldy Mountain. The Alpine Forget-Me-Not is a very interesting flower found in the high alpine.