Fall Colors Tour 2012

[Greg]

We've made a tradition out of finding some good Fall Colors and this year was no different. Last year was going to be hard to beat, we hit the San Juan Mountains at the perfect time! - San Juan Mountains, Fall Colors Tour 2011

This year I wanted to go somewhere else, so we backtracked a recent motorcycle ride I did earlier in the year. We left from Fruita and drove to Basalt, CO... from there we headed up Hagerman Pass, which is a former railroad grade and very fun and scenic to drive. There are a couple of tunnels thru the mountain that have collapsed and are gated off. The tunnels are still used to transport water thru the mountain. It's a pretty interesting drive, to say the least and worth reading up on if you're into that kind of thing. After reaching the summit at 11,925 feet, we drove down past Turquoise Lake outside of Leadville.

You need a closer look at that white crap... yeah, it's fresh....

 

[Greg]

From Leadville we headed South to Buena Vista and then up Cottonwood Pass.... after summiting Cottonwood, we dropped past Taylor Reservoir and onto Crested Butte where we stopped for a late lunch. After lunch we headed towards home by way of Kebler Pass. I'm going to have to say that the colors on Kebler were the best of the trip by far!

It was a long day, about 12 hours away from home and 400 miles on the 4Runner... but it was so worth it!! Hope you liked the pics!

 

[GAR]

wow, like them indeed! Sounds like a fun trip. Got a map of your tracks?

I love the late, low light coming through on the last pictures. brings out the richness of the colors

 

[notajeep]

You are very talented with the camera!

 

[Greg]

wow, like them indeed! Sounds like a fun trip. Got a map of your tracks?

I love the late, low light coming through on the last pictures. brings out the richness of the colors

Those pics with the sun shining thru are some of my favorites too, we had pretty good timing.

I do have a track from my Spot (which I turned off before the trip was over, so it's somewhat incomplete), here - http://findmespot.com/spotadventures/index.php/my_adventures?view=adventurelist

You are very talented with the camera!

Hey thanks Dan! My camera is very talented, I just get lucky pointing it in the right direction... I will admit that I played with some of the optional 'Art' features. This camera does an amazing job capturing colors, I love how rich the images come out!

 

[LT.]

You are very talented with the camera!

X2! Amazing photos as usual. Now I have some new desktop back grounds.

LT.

 

[sixstringsteve]

I've been looking forward to a trip report from you. Great shots!

 

[Herzog]

Those photos are impressive Greg. You have a good eye for shots.

 

[Rot Box]

Love the pics thanks for sharing

 

[Box Rocket]

Nicely done Greg. Good photos.

 

[Thursty]

Those colors are amazing! Nice shots Greg.

 

[roverrocks]

Beautiful!!

 

[Greg]

X2! Amazing photos as usual. Now I have some new desktop back grounds.

LT.

I've been looking forward to a trip report from you. Great shots!

Those photos are impressive Greg. You have a good eye for shots.

Love the pics thanks for sharing

Nicely done Greg. Good photos.

Those colors are amazing! Nice shots Greg.

Beautiful!!

Thanks guys, you all are too kind! It was a great trip, really glad we made it!

LT! You can find the higher resolution pics on my photo hosting page, here - http://greg-catherine.smugmug.com/O...-2012/25543155_PtvBps#!i=2106033699&k=RMBSLGH

You'll be able to get bigger images for a better background there.

 

[Herzog]

Nice! I'm using one of them on my phone bg. Thanks for the higher res versions.