Aspen Season in Colorado, 9/28/03

Although I have lived in Colorado for over 4 years now, it wasn't until yesterday that i finally got a chance to see the actual peak of aspen season. The problem is that the REAL peak only lasts about a week or so, before and after which time you might see some yellow stuff here and there, but it's not nearly as impressive.

So anyway, I drove up to the peak-to-peak with Diana (my girlfriend) yesterday to see what we could see. Our route was highway 36 to Estes Park, and then 72 down through Allenspark, Ward, almost to Nederland, and then back to Boulder via Gold Hill. Here's a sampling of what we saw:



This kind of gives an idea of how stark the aspen are against the preponderance of pines.



Somewhere near Allenspark; everybody and their mom stops at this spot to take pictures.



Long's Peak



Me and Diana obscuring Longs Peak.



Colorfulness.



Another nice vista between Ward and Nederland. Notice how many of the aspen stands are already leaf-less.