Welcome to the Colorado backcountry

The vast acreage of wilderness and backcountry beauty in Colorado make it one of the more popular locations for camping, backpacking, and day-hiking.

In addition to a eight National Parks and Monuments, Colorado boasts an equal number of Wilderness Areas, millions of acres of National Forest and BLM land, and over three dozen state parks.

From mountains to deserts, and grasslands to canyons, one could spend a lifetime hiking the trails of Colorado and not cover all of them.

Nightscape

The January full moon, otherwise known as the Drive Without Headlights Moon, is high and bright, and it's abundant light reflects off the snow to create some fantastic landscapes. I think the shutter was open for about twenty seconds in this one.


 
Once in a while you need to leave the warm comfort of home and head out into the winter night to enjoy views like the one above.