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.

Rain, fog, clouds, and mountains

We're almost at the cusp of monsoon season and early autumn, when overnight rains produce some fantastic low clouds in the morning.

Today I found a break in the weather to take some photos at McKee Pond near Marble, Colorado.

colorado, marble, mountains

fog, clouds, mountains, pond, landscape