Exploring the Earth and Sky of the West

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

  • San Juan Mountains, Colorado
  • Golden Horn reflected in Ice Lake
    Golden Horn (13,769) reflected in Ice Lake, San Juan Mountains, Colorado
  • Lower Ice Lake Basin
    Some of the views on the way up to Ice Lake. Here Lower Ice Lake Basin
  • Rock Mountain Columbine
    Hey look! Colorado’s state flower, the Rocky Mountain Columbine!
  • Ice Lake Basin, San Juan Mountains, Colorado
  • Clouds reflected in a pond in Ice Lake Basin.
    Late afternoon clouds reflected in a small pond in Ice Lake Basin
  • Several lakes in Ice Lake Basin
    Ice Lake (blue) and unnamed lake (green) with U.S. Grant Peak (13,767′) towering overhead.
  • Unnamed lake below Vermillion Peak
    Unnamed lake below Vermillion Peak (13,894′)
  • Panorama of Ice Lake, San Juan Mountains, Colorado
    Ice Lake reflecting Vermillion Peak and Pilot Knob
  • Panorama from the summit of Courthouse Mountain
    Panorama from the summit of Courthouse Mountain, San Juan Mountains, 12,152′
  • Panorama from the summit of Twin Peaks, Ouray, CO
    Panorama from the summit of Twin Peaks, San Juan Mountains, 10,798′
  • Ouray, Colorado
  • Red Mountain, San Juan Mountains, Colorado
  • Glacial striations, San Juan Mountains, Colorado
  • San Juan Mountains, Colorado
  • A very orange and acidic Red Mountain Creek
  • The main shaft of the Yankee Girl Mine, one of the most productive of the area’s silver mines