Rain on the hike up / once in a while you luck out / view of a clearing
Rock glacier inlet / San Juan Mountains majesty / just a light buildup
The state flower / Colorado columbine / summertime glory
Morning for clearing / good sign for the day to come / yesterday's weather
Island in a lake / unusual coloring / maybe rock glacier
Ice Lake and paintbrush / San Juan Mountains classic loop / very popular
A peeper pauses / pika gives me the stink eye / winter is coming
Hovenweep structures / ancestral Puebloan ruins / an odd living space
Parkland from trailhead / high elevation start helps / hike into alpine
Snowbank reflection / glacial flour & carbonate spring / building clouds at lunch
Alpine meadow view / above Molas Pass trailside / clouds are slow to build
Canyon Pintado / Rangely roadside petroglyphs / ancient galleries
Rainstorm afternoon / tomorrow's another day / San Juan keep it cool
Columbine Lake name / not presence of the flower / but flower color
Elk or deer dew claw / bear tracks that remain in stone / La Sal Mountains view
La Platas background / Engineer Mountain middle / alpine zone meadows
American bistort / just above Columbine Lake / summer day lunch spot
Dikes on Painted Wall / across the canyon viewpoint / difficult travel
Polychrome pictos / found in sandstone overhangs / eight hundred years old
Walk to Chasm View / look down to the Gunnison / stay away from edge
Box Canyon from bridge / Ouray Perimeter trail / stormy day option
Paradox Valley / Basketmaker petroglyph / east of La Sal Range
Four story tower / Ancestral puebloan work / Colorado park
Cliff palace mural / on the inside of dwelling / protected from rain
Indian paintbrush / red or yellow or both / mix of two colors
Pika stops on perch / runs into alpine fell-field / winter is coming
