Brilliant sunset light illuminates Mount Sneffels, San Juan Mountains, Colorado – July.
Sneffels Waterfall Panorama
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Hiking from Ouray to Telluride the Long Way
Wilson Peak (14,016 ft.) veiled by rain showers at sunset – San Juan Mountains, Colorado.
This last weekend in mid-May I hiked almost 50 miles over three days around the Sneffels Range all the way from Ouray to Telluride. Continue reading >>
Sneffels Goes to Washington
I am honored that our Colorado Senator Michael Bennet now has a photo of mine hanging in his office in Washington, DC! He chose my image “Sneffels Range Autumn”, from the San Juan Mountains in Colorado, for a 40″ x 50″ acrylic face mount print to showcase some of the natural beauty we are fortunate to enjoy in our state. Thank you Senator Bennet and also to his assistant Kristin Mollet who was a pleasure to work with!
From the Vault: Mount Sneffels
Sunset light shines through storm clouds around Mt. Sneffels – April, 2007.
Here’s a few older shots recently dug up from my archives of one of my favorite mountains, Mt. Sneffels in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado.
Sunrise light on Mt. Sneffels – March, 2007.
Moonset over Dallas Peak, as seen from the summit of Mt. Sneffels – May, 2012.
Cosmic Sneffels, Take 2
Mt. Sneffels in the Milky Way on a new moon night in June. The green color behind Sneffels is airglow, a common phenomenon of natural chemical reactions in the atmosphere.
On Wednesday I hiked up towards Mt. Sneffels to attempt a redo of a similar photo I took two years back, this year with a white, dust-free snowpack. I also came equipped with a brighter lens that’s better suited for night photography, so the details of the Milky Way are rendered much clearer in this photo than before.
The last two times I’ve visited this spot I camped with a tent, but on Wednesday I opted to travel lighter and go for an all-night hike instead. I reached my summit at 7pm, watched the sunset, and relaxed up there bundled up in warm clothes until finally the Milky Way was positioned directly above Sneffels at around 1am. I continued shooting until about 2:30am, then made my way back down in the dark, reaching the trailhead at sunrise! Sleep can wait…
Sneffels June Light
Evening light on the Sneffels Range, as seen from Baldy Peak — San Juan Mountains, Colorado, June.
Sneffels Springtime
Freshly budded aspens below Mt. Sneffels – June.
One Fine June Day
On Wednesday Claudia and I went for a ski in the morning, and a wine hike in the evening!
Looking at the south side of the Sneffels Range in early June. Mt. Sneffels (14,156 ft.) is just about in the center; Gilpin Peak to its left looks bigger from this perspective but only because it’s closer. Potosi Peak is off to the right, and the town of Ouray way down the right side valley.
Enjoying some wine from a nice vantage point over the town of Ouray (7,792 ft.), San Juan Mountains, Colorado – June.
Pristine Spring Snow
Skier: Don Moden. Mt. Sneffels in the background.
Despite a relatively low snowpack this year here in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, the spring skiing/snowboarding has been fantastic lately — in large part due to the pristine snowpack free of the dust pollution that typically blows into the mountains from the desert southwest every spring. So far this year the dust storms haven’t hit the San Juans (knock on wood), so the snow remains smooth, white, and shreddable!
See lots more photos below from recent lines this last week. Continue reading “Pristine Spring Snow”
The Hills are Alive
A meadow of yellow wildflowers in the Sneffels Range, San Juan Mountains, Colorado – July.
A deer wanders through wildflowers.
Endless field of wildflowers under the Sneffels Range – July. Mount Sneffels is the pyramid-looking peak to the left.
