On the road over Independence Pass… Part 4 of 4 in our Telluride weekend road trip. 

The final stretch of our drive was north and east along the Ragged Mountains, Elk Mountains, and Snowmass Wilderness. We’ve been on pieces of this drive before, but never to see the fall foliage over Independence Pass.

Chair Mountain, I believe,

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Climbing McClure Pass,

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Partly sunny,

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Looking east at the Elk Mountains,

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Near Aspen,

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Beginning the ascent over Independence Pass,

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Climbing,

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At the top,

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Descending,

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Back on the east side of the Sawatch Range,

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One last rainy look at Dillon Reservoir,

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One thought on “Independence Pass

  1. Such beautiful kaleidoscope of color in those wonderful CO mountains……no wonder they call your state “Colorful Colorado”! Hard to pick a favorite view…………

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