Stunning Autumn Hike in Colorado’s High Country

Autumn in Victor

I have to say, this has been a spendid autumn, as fall colors go in the high country of Colorado. Sometimes we get too much rain and sometimes we get an early winter storm that blows the leaves all the way to Nebraska. But this year we have been blessed with warm calm days, and the colors are fabulous.

Exploring Peak Aspen Colors in Colorado

Pair of Horses

Aspen leaves in many parts of the state of Colorado are reaching peak color this weekend. A brief excursion around the Cripple Creek and Victor area revealed a variety of gold and red colors adorning vast swaths of aspen stands in the 10,000 foot elevation range.

Hawks, Hunting and Gold

Gold Mine in Autumn

Beautiful day of photography in the Victor / Cripple Creek gold mining district including a red-tailed hawk hunting for rodents by #swkrullimaging

Autumn, My Favorite Time of Year

Gold in Mine Country

a beautiful day of photography in the golden aspen groves of the Colorado Rocky Mountains in autumn by #swkrullimaging

Hiking the Pony Gulch Trail

Pony Gulch Trail in Autumn

Photo hike on the Pony Gulch Homestead trail in the Pike Natinoal Forest of Colorado by #swkrullimaging

Alpine Autumn

Autumn Gold Above Treeline

Fall photography on a beautiful Colorado autumn morning in the Pike National Forest by #swkrullimaging

Trail Closed

Autumn on the South Face of Pikes Peak

Trail closed plus photography of golden aspen leaves of autumn on the south face of Pikes Peak by #swkrullimaging

Bighorn Break

Autumn and the Bighorn Sheep

Wildlife photography of a small herd of bighorn sheep high in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Lot of Catching Up

Historic Mine in Autumn Aspen

fall #photography of a historic gold mine near #Victor #Colorado by #swkrullimaging