Look up! Yellow of the Aspen colors are everywhere.

Bright red aspen leaf

A snow-covered Mount Garfield is seen from the east end of Colorado National Monument on Tuesday morning. The southwest and central Colorado mountains were expected to get up to 2 feet of new snow out of the latest storm.

The crown of Mount Garfield rises above fog shrouding the Grand Valley, behind the frost-coated branches of a shrub at Redlands Mesa Golf Course.

Some of the most vivid reds are close to the ground.

Aspens and evergreens along the north rim of the Grand Mesa are reflected in a pond.

A fallen aspen leaf is caught on a rock beneath the fast-moving water of a stream.

Snow guns blow fresh man-made powder onto a run at Telluride Ski Resort in this photo from last year. Colorado resorts rely on early season snowmaking to carry them over until natural snow blankets the slopes.

Mesa Verde National Park

A three man crew with Alpine Archaeological Consultants, Inc. out of Montrose work on the Driggs Mansion in Unaweep Canyon Monday afternoon on the first day of a two week project to stabilize the mansion. The mansion was constructed in the early 1900’s by Lawrence LaTourette Driggs on 320 acres of land acquired through the Desert Entry Act.The mansion had six rooms that included two bedrooms, one large commons area, kitchen, and a small utility room. The Driggs family only stayed for a few week.

Mount Garfield seen above fog in the Grand Valley.

The super moon at moonrise Saturday.

Barren, sun-baked red dirt and rock are dotted by pin cactus flowers in bloom.

Water from Hayes Creek spills down Hayes Falls near Colorado Highway 133 in Pitkin County, south of Redstone. Even with little water in the creek, the falls are still beautiful. The falls drop in two sections for a total of about 50 feet.

Black Canyon visitors on the south rim of the canyon.

July 4 fireworks show in Fruita.

Butterfly at the Botanial Gardens

Looking out onto the Airport Tower and the White Rim from under Mesa Arch in the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah.

With incredible views, the White River Nat’l Forest stretches from the west end of the Eisenhower Tunnels to past Parachute.

The long and winding road. Serpents Trail and Rim Rock Drive wind up the east end of the Colorado National Monument.

Fall in love with the mountains around Telluride. Then fall in love with Telluride’s many festivals, such as Mountainfilm in Telluride, May 25–28;  Telluride Bluegrass Festival, June 21–24; and Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, Sept. 14–16. Go to http://www.telluride.com to find information on events.

Whitewater Creek Falls on top of the Grand Mesa at Lands End.

An amphitheater at Gateway Canyons with the Palisades in the backgound.

The view from Skyway Point displays green and gold aspen trees around the Mesa Lakes and West Bench area on the Grand Mesa on Color Sunday.

A few miles south of Page, Arizona, the Colorado River takes a sharp turn, almost making a full circle. This spot has come to be known as Horseshoe Bend and is one of the more impressive views I have seen. It can be reached by a short 3/4 mile hike on a wide flat trail. Boats can be seen on the river kicking up a white wake.

Shadow Lake in the Ridges reflects trees and clouds on a late summer afternoon.The lake is at Ridges Blvd and Mariposa Dr.

The south end of the Rudy Range is reflected in a pond at the Lake Irwin campgrounds as the first of the fall colors turn to gold.Lake Irwin is in the Gunnison National Forest, west of the town of Crested Butte.

A wide array of fall colors is shown in this file photo on Pinon Mesa.

Fresh snow in the Colorado high country in the Uncompahare National Forest near Silver Jack Reservoir as the fall colors are at its peak.

The last of the fall colors on aspens trees in from of the snow covered Maroon Peaks in the Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness Area near Aspen.

Fresh snow is seen on the Maroon Bells near Aspen.

Hiking at the Maroon Bells near Aspen

A sunset over the San Juan Mountains above Silverton paints the sky in brilliant hues of pink and purple.

Monument Valley with US Route 163 looking to Monument Pass.Monument Valley provides perhaps the most enduring and definitive images of the American West. The isolated red mesas and buttes surrounded by empty, sandy desert have been filmed and photographed countless times over the years for movies, adverts and holiday brochures. Because of this, the area may seem quite familiar, even on a first visit, but it is soon evident that the natural colors really are as bright and deep as those in all the pictures.

An old tree is highlighted as the sun breaks through the fog on the Colorado National Monument.

Looking into Monument Canyon.