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.

Colorado's colors of autumn


One thing I've learned in the nine years I've been photographing the fall colors here in Colorado is that the best photographs are ones in which the photo would be a good photo in any season.  The addition of color just makes it better.  The mistake some people make is to see some trees with nice colors and photograph those.  But if they were just green, you wouldn't take the shot.  Therefore, you ought to reconsider shooting it in the fall.  The two shots here are from a couple of my favorite places around Marble, Colorado, in the Crystal River valley.