Colorado Fall colors...

I spent the last week in Colorado photographing the fall colors. Unfortunately, Mother Nature did not cooperate with my plans. As I arrived in the Ridgway and Telluride area, I was greeted with about 16-24" of new snow. Plus, the trees were not in prime shape or color. There was still a lot of green and not much yellow or orange. Oh well...you take what you can get and make the best of it.

I first headed up Owl Creek Pass between Ridgway and Cimarron. I was here two years ago at the same time and had great luck with both weather and colors. There are images in my gallery from that shoot. This time, I found a different scene...



The Cimarron Range below Owl Creek Pass...



Near Silver Jack Reservoir...

On Sunday, the day dawned clear and I headed up the Dallas Divide towards Telluride. The mountains were covered with fresh snow and the views beautiful!



Along the Dallas Divide...



Along County Road 7...

Finally that afternoon, I headed up Last Dollar Road outside Telluride. Here lie some of my favorite aspen groves in all of Colorado. However, they were still mostly green this time so I was not able to get the photos I wanted. It was still a beautiful day though so I did my best to capture some images...



Looking towards Wilson Mesa from Last Dollar Road...

Oh well...hopefully I'll have better luck next time!

Bill