by Steve Tohari | Jul 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
On Windy Ridge (aptly named) near Hoosier Pass above Alma, Colorado, is a grove of ancients – Ancient Bristlecone Pine, some of which are a thousand years old, survivors at tree line over 12,000′ elevation. These old trees, the Rocky Mountain Bristlecone...
by Steve Tohari | Jul 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
The San Juan Mountains of Southwest Colorado are of mostly volcanic origin, resulting in richer soils than in the mountains to the North that are mostly granitic – resulting in some of the largest Rocky Mountain wildflower specimens in the state. See the photo...
by Steve Tohari | Jul 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
This is Lake Dillon,what Denver drinks, as seen from Sapphire Point on Swan Mountain Road between Breckenridge and Keystone, Colorado. Above the lake is the Ten Mile Range, a narrow range of 12 to 13,000″ peaks rising above Breckenridge to the left of the scene....
by Steve Tohari | Jul 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Through these Aspen trees are Colorado’s most famous mountains – East and West Maroon Peaks, each over 14,000′ high, towering almost a mile above Maroon Lake. The maroon colored rock gives these peaks their names; the unstable rock makes for...
by Steve Tohari | Jul 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
The hardy Yellow Lupine was blanketed by a sudden Spring snow storm by the Flatirons in Boulder, Colorado.In this state, Winter is not over until it’s over. Even in early May…In many years, I don’t wear a short sleeve shirt until early June . Summer...
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