The Cirque and the Center

The NIght before Christmas on Mills Lake

The Riddle of Night

Gem Lake Winter

Shelf Falls to Longs Peak

Shelf Falls

Long's in the distance

Hiayaha Winter

Hiayaha's Blue Ice

Hiayaha Sculture

Blue Wall at Hiayaha

Glacial Hiayaha

Dream in the Morning Light

Fern Lake WInter

Cracks in the Glass

It was a bright Spring day after a couple weeks of unusually warm days. The hike to Lake of Glass in Rocky Mountain National Park was a long slog through sticky snow. When arriving at the lake above an icy waterfall, the effort to get there is quickly forgotten. The lake is starting to melt so extreme caution is warranted to even skirt the edges and to creep out to capture the cracks in this beautiful lake.

Sky Pond Melting

The melting of Sky Pond high up in Rocky Mountain Nation Park.

White Ice in the Sky

A frozen lake at 11,000 feet elevation in Rocky Mountain National Park, Sky Pond. Perfect name for a perfect place in the mountains. These rocks frozen in the south shore created a mystic feeling to the lake.

Sky Pond Glass

Sky Pond Spring

Mills Lake Frozen

Mills Lake is a popular hiking destination in Rocky Mountain National Park. This photo was taken during my first snowshoe trip of the season. I had been waiting all Summer looking forward to Winter hiking season. These lakes are beautiful all year round, however there is just something magical when they are blanketed with snow.

The Winter

When Winter takes hold and the world turns monochrome, look for the little scene that are uniquely precious. During a winter hike as I was walking on a log crossing a frozen stream, I looked down to see these branches sticking out from below. This was a little piece of relief from a mostly white field of white.