Wildflower season in Crested Butte is always amazing. This year I made reservations to camp near Gunnison for a couple of nights and capture what I could.
The great views started on my drive into town, with a variety of wildflowers blooming in the foreground and
Mount Crested Butte looking fine in the background.
After dinner in town I headed toward
Snodgrass Mountain hoping for a nice sunset shot. I found what I was looking for.
Then I had nice warm light on Mount Crested Butte as I was heading out, so why not?
I hoped for some color in the clouds that never materialized. Not that the view was bad.
The next morning it was up before sunrise to hike the
Woods Walk. I loved the fog in the valley.
Speaking of fog. I like the aspens flanking the trail here, too.
Once the sun was up I had great light on wildflowers like these
Owlsclaws...
... this
Silvery Lupine...
... and this
Fireweed.
This
American Robin was EXTREMELY proud of whatever he had in his beak. I thought it was a worm, but looking at the image it seems more like nest material.
I took this shot almost entirely so I could caption it "
Attempted Murder." Thank you very much. :)
More Owlsclaws, this time spotlighted nicely.
I turned around here and headed back, feeling like I'd seen most everything I needed to see.
Gothic Mountain was reflecting nicely in Peanut Lake, and I thought this setting would be a good place to return to for sunset. So I went into town and bummed around for about 10 hours, enjoying a very lazy summer day.
Again, I didn't get the color I was hoping for at sunset. But Mount Crested Butte still looked pretty.
One final shot, then into town for some ice cream before driving back to my campsite. This was my last photo outing for the summer, and a great way to end the season!
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