Wheeler Geological Area

Wheeler Geological Area

Wheeler Geologic Area in the La Garita Mountains of Mineral County contains eroded pinnacles of volcanic ash what were formed 25 million years ago by eruptions from the La Garita Caldera. The area is located about 10 miles east of the old mining town of Creede....
Maroon Bells Anna Foderaro

Maroon Bells Anna Foderaro

2021 Photo Contest, 3rd Place Landscape Category (3 x tie), “Aspen Framing Maroon Bells”. Photo by Anna Foderaro. The Maroon Bells are arguably the most famous and photographed peaks in Colorado. The twin peaks, Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak, both...
Alpine Blooms Alpine of Southwest Colorado

Alpine Blooms Alpine of Southwest Colorado

Photo Contest, 3rd Place, Landscape Category (3 x tie), “Alpine Blooms Trifolium attenuatum and Phacelia sericea come to life in the Alpine of Southwest Colorado”. Photo by Michael Remke. Michael Remke took this photo in the La Plata Mountains, a small...
Snowy Range of WY

Snowy Range of WY

2021 Photo Contest 3rd Place Landscape Category (3 x tie), “Sedum lanceolatum and brilliant orange lichens decorate iron rich rocks in the Snowy Range of WY”. Photo by Loraine Yeatts. The Snowy Mountains are not actually in Colorado, they are in Wyoming....
2021 Photo Contest, 2nd Place (tie), Landscape Category

2021 Photo Contest, 2nd Place (tie), Landscape Category

2021 Photo Contest, 2nd Place (tie), Landscape Category, “San Juans Gathering Storms and Castilleja rhexifolia”. Photo by Tom Lebsack. This photo was taken by Tom Lebsack from near the top of the Governor Basin OHV road southwest of Ouray. The peaks are,...