Each year at the end of October, the mountainsides around Colorado come alive with brilliant yellows and oranges as the trees being the process of dropping their leaves in the anticipation of the winter weather to come.
The bright yellows of the Aspen Trees turning color in the fall brighten the foreground of Chair Mountain in Colorado. Taken from just off of CO HWY 133.
West Maroon Creek flows into Maroon Lake surrounded by golden Aspen Trees with the Maroon Bells in the background. Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness Area near Aspen, Colorado. Note that this was my favorite photograph of the trip. The location is about a half mile down the trail from the famous shot on Maroon Lake, but with almost no one there. I wish I had gone to this location before sunrise as having the peaks highlighted would have been a really awesome photograph.
Looking Up at Aspen Trees displaying brilliant fall color on a blue sky day. Taken in Weller Lake Campground just off of CO HWY 182 near Aspen, CO.
A Mallard swims in the reflections of fall color in Maroon Lake in the Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness Area near Aspen, Colorado.
Courthouse Rock and Chimney Mountain are surrounded by golden colored Aspens in the late evening near Ridgway, Colorado.
Aspens display their golden fall colors near Kebler Pass in the mountains of Colorado.
Sunrise highlights the tops of the Maroon Bells with Maroon Lake in the foreground in the Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness Area near Aspen, Colorado. Note that the lakeside is typically lined with 300+ photographers who arrive before sunrise to capture this famous view during the fall. Bring your patience and be prepared to have people in your photograph no matter how early you arrive.
An old building sits in a field of grass with golden colored Aspen trees in the background. Ashcroft Ghost Town along Castle Creek Road near Aspen, Colorado.
An old wagon with Aspen Trees displaying their color in the background. Ashcroft Ghost Town along Castle Creek Road near Aspen, Colorado.
Reflections of fall colored Aspens in a small pond along Castle Creek road near Aspen, Colorado.
The white trunks and yellow leaves of the Aspens along the Last Dollar Highway on the way to Telluride, Colorado.
Castle Creek road winds through the golden colored Aspens in the fall. Aspen, Colorado.
