Autumn In Colorado

This area is known for some of the largest and most breath tak­ing Aspen groves. We will take you to the best loca­tions to cap­ture the vibrant gold­en hues of the leaves against the rugged moun­tain peaks. We will spend our days dri­ving dusty coun­try roads that wind their way to unmatched autum­nal scenery. It’s not uncom­mon to spend all morn­ing pho­tograph­ing aspen groves, per­fect­ly still pond reflec­tions burst­ing in colour, or jagged moun­tain ranges above a tapes­try of turn­ing leaves.

Each day as the sun ris­es, the light creeps across the land­scape slow­ly illu­mi­nat­ing the vibrant yel­low aspens and we will make sure you are in the right loca­tions to cap­ture the mag­ic! With a bit of good for­tune, we may even catch some ear­ly sea­son snow on the peaks!

Over the eight days of this spec­tac­u­lar tour we will be based in three main loca­tions enabling us to be sur­round­ed by the land­scape we can pho­to­graph whilst we stay there. Our tour will begin in Ouray also known as ​“The Switzer­land of Amer­i­ca” nes­tled in the beau­ty of the San Juan Moun­tains. From here we will trav­el to Keb­bler Pass and Crest­ed Butte which offer high alti­tude moun­tain stun­ning views where the land­scape glows in autumn colour as well as Dal­las Divide and the won­der­ful­ly named Last Dol­lar Road.

Our sec­ond base will be Bue­na Vista close to the famous Inde­pen­dence Pass, Cot­ton­wood Pass and Twin Lakes. Inde­pen­dence Pass alone reach­es an alti­tude of 3600 metres (12,000ft) and stretch­es for 32 miles and goes up and over the con­ti­nen­tal divide of the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Moun­tains with views that will leave you speech­less! No vis­it to this area of the Col­orado Rocky Moun­tains would be com­plete with­out vis­it­ing the glacial lakes of the area. The scenery of Maroon Bells from the banks of Maroon lake are unmatched and a vis­it to The Twin Lakes at the foot of Colorado’s high­est peak Mount Elbert is a must.

Our third base will be Col­orado Springs and we will take the Wilk­er­son Pass high in the Plains of the Pike Nation­al For­est known for its Aspen groves that line the road­way with count­less pho­to­graph­ic oppor­tu­ni­ties. We will also take in the Gar­den of the Gods which is close to where we will be based with its fas­ci­nat­ing red rock spires that reach for the skies and we will ven­ture into North Cheyenne Canon (or Canyon) rich in water­falls and wood­land where we could spend many hours. 

The beau­ty of Col­orado dur­ing the autumn months is like few oth­er places on earth and will cer­tain­ly prove to be the trip of a life­time. All of us as land­scape pho­tog­ra­phers are nat­u­ral­ly drawn to the autumn sea­son and its spell­bind­ing colours and this tour is an oppor­tu­ni­ty to expe­ri­ence the best the world has to offer.

Sev­er­al of these images have been pro­vid­ed by aspect2i leader, Chris Cullen