I just returned from an 1,100 mile trip around Colorado shooting the fall colors, travelling to areas around Aspen, Crested Butte, and Ouray. I hope you enjoy the images!
While most of the trees had lost their leaves, there were a few straglers to add color to the canyon. Photo © copyright by Scott Fricke.
Multi-colored aspens near Ouray, Colorado Photo © copyright by Scott Fricke.
Rain saturates the colors in an aspen grove near Ouray Photo © copyright by Scott Fricke.
Rain saturates the colors of changing aspen leaves near Ouray. Photo © copyright by Scott Fricke.
Rain saturates the colors of changing aspen leaves near Ouray.
Photo © copyright by Scott Fricke.
Fallen aspen leaves. Independence Pass near Aspen. Photo © copyright by Scott Fricke.
Autumn brings a collage of colors to this aspen grove. Near Ouray. Photo © copyright by Scott Fricke.
A snow storm gathers around the peaks of the Sneffels Range while the aspens and autumn foliage change below. Near Ouray. Photo © copyright by Scott Fricke.
Fall aspens reflecting in a pond on Owl Creek Pass, near Ouray. Photo © copyright by Scott Fricke.
The browns and reds of autumn scrub oak dominate this hillside along Owl Creek Pass near Ouray. Photo © copyright by Scott Fricke.
Rain saturates the colors of changing aspen leaves near Ouray.
Photo © copyright by Scott Fricke.
An early autumn snowfall creeps over the mountains of the Sneffels Range, near Ouray. Photo © copyright by Scott Fricke.
Fall aspens are reflected in a pond along Owl Creek Pass, near Ouray. Photo © copyright by Scott Fricke.
The fall aspen colors begin to glow as the early morning sun illuminates the hillside. Last Dollar Road between Ouray and Telluride. Photo © copyright by Scott Fricke.
An aspen tree changing colors along Owl Creek Pass, near Ouray. Photo © copyright by Scott Fricke.
An autumn blizzard obscures the changing aspens just west of Breckenridge. Photo © copyright by Scott Fricke.