American Basin reflected
I arrived in American Basin in the afternoon of August 31, and hiked comfortably in shorts and a T shirt. But the wind was rising as the sun set, and I was awakened in my tent at midnight by strong winds blowing snow.
In the morning, I headed back to a small pond that I had visited the previous afternoon, hoping it would look like this. The first snow turned from a deep disappointment to an opportunity. My tripod was at about 11,300 feet and the highest peak on the horizon reaches 13,806 feet.
In Colorado, it can snow in the high mountains on any day of the year.
American Basin, San Juan Mountains, Colorado
American Basin reflected
I arrived in American Basin in the afternoon of August 31, and hiked comfortably in shorts and a T shirt. But the wind was rising as the sun set, and I was awakened in my tent at midnight by strong winds blowing snow.
In the morning, I headed back to a small pond that I had visited the previous afternoon, hoping it would look like this. The first snow turned from a deep disappointment to an opportunity. My tripod was at about 11,300 feet and the highest peak on the horizon reaches 13,806 feet.
In Colorado, it can snow in the high mountains on any day of the year.
American Basin, San Juan Mountains, Colorado