A couple of weeks ago, I made a trip to the Gunnison area to experience the Fall Colors. Here is a selection of some of my images.
The Ohio Creek and Ohio Pass are some of my favorite locations to make photographs of the Aspen forests and fall colors.
This is one of the forest roads that pass through an Aspen forest near Mill Castle.
At the base of the Ohio Pass are these red Aspen trees.
I visited Ohio Pass several times during the two days at Gunnison. The afternoon sunlight lit up the golden leaves behind the tree trunks in the Aspen forest.
During an early morning visit to Mill Castle, I found this chipmunk perched on a fence post.
Close to the base of Ohio Pass is an irrigation ditch that had been shut off for the fall and winter seasons. Fortunately, there was still some water trapped in the ditch; I found one spot that reflected the golden colors of the Aspen trees in the water.
At the end of the last day, I made my way through Ohio Pass and stopped at the Beaver Ponds trailhead. It is a short hike to the ponds, where I made this image that includes one of the ponds and golden Aspens.
Here is another image of the mixture of colors that are typically found during the fall. Most of the Aspens turn from green to golden yellow. But there are some the turn from green to orange and red.
Returning to the trailhead, I found a shaft of sunlight that lit up some of the plants growing on the forest floor.
Enjoy!