16 Pictures of Beautiful Capitol Reef Capitol Reef National Park, Utah Back in 2012, I said that I wasn't that impressed with Capitol Reef National Park, but I said that during a quick drive-through after spending a week in Moab and then four days at Bryce Canyon National Park. At the time, I just wasn't as blown away ...

The Remote Cathedral Valley Capitol Reef National Park, Utah Cathedral Valley is located at the northern end of Capitol Reef National Park, a remote area with no services or paved roads. (I was very surprised to have full 4G service at the campground though!) Both Upper and Lower Cathedral Valley offer gorgeous views of sculptured ...

The Strike Valley Overlook Capitol Reef National Park, Utah This past spring, I took the long way home from Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, along the Burr Trail and through Capitol Reef National Park. Having not been too impressed with Capitol Reef in the past, that drive completely changed my mind and really sparked my interest ...

Courthouse Mountain & Chimney Rock Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado In hindsight, I knew I had seen pictures of them, but when I had driven Owl Creek Pass for the first time, I didn't realize that Courthouse Mountain and Chimney Rock are the iconic monuments along that pass, prominently rising high above most vantage points. I had ...

The 2017 Colorado Fall Foliage Tour After such an incredible long weekend last Fall that was full of beautiful weather, vivid-yellow Aspen groves, and colorful sunrises and sunsets, I was unbelievably excited to hit the road again this fall to shoot the Colorado Fall foliage throughout the state. Unlike last year, I planned out specific places ...

Missouri Lakes: Take 2 Holy Cross Wilderness, Colorado Despite the popularity of Missouri Lakes, it's still in a remote part of Sawatch Range and the Holy Cross Wilderness with rugged ridgelines, alpine meadows and lakes. It's a nice hike to a beautiful spot, which I had hiked for sunset earlier in the summer, but was ...

My Summer of Vail The Gore Range, Vail, Colorado ”In my opinion, the two most rugged mountain ranges in Colorado are the Gore Range northwest of Dillon Reservoir and the Needles Range in the remote San Juan Mountains.” - John Fielder (Famous Colorado landscape photographer) Although the Gore Range provides the backdrop to any skier ...

Overnight at Gore Lake in the Eagles Nest Wilderness The Gore Range, Vail, Colorado For the second time this summer, I had actually set off to backpack into Booth Lake outside of Vail for the night, but when I got the the trailhead, there were 'No Overnight Parking' signs all over the parking lot. Not ...

Backpacking Crater Lake in the Gore Range The Gore Range, Vail, Colorado (*Not the Crater Lake in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness...) Backpacking Crater Lake in the Gore Range - A couple years ago, my buddy found a hike to the unofficially-named Crater Lake in the Gore Range at the base of the Spider (12,692') and ...