Grand County Images And Prints

Winter Park and Grand County Images and Prints

Winter Park is the main tourist hub and ski resort of Grand County. With shopping, restaurants, and skiing, along with fishing and hiking and biking in the summer, it is a mecca for outdoor enthusiasts. Just exit the main roads and you’ll find yourself in a wonderland of mountains, rivers, and wildflowers.

Atop Berthoud Pass, you can hike up to the top of the ridge and enjoy expansive views of the Rockies in all directions. To the west, you can hike up the Continental Divide and follow Vasquez Ridge nearly 14 miles back into the Winter Park Ski area. If you head up the top of Berthoud Pass to the east, again following the CDT, you'll scale Mount Flora, Mount Eva, and James Peak, all 13ers. On the eastern slope of Berthoud Pass, actually in Clear Creek County, lies one of my favorite late summer hiking trails – Bulter Gulch. In late July this area can be filled with Columbine, paintbrush, elephant tusks, and a myriad of other wildflowers. Along Highway 40 as it leads northwest down into Winter Park, several hiking trails are on the left that follow First Creek and Second Creek.

Around the town of Fraser, just a few miles from Winter Park, miles of bike trails lead you through pine forests and aspen groves. St. Louis Creek winds its way down from the slopes of Byers Peak. Fall colors of golden aspen leaves turn everything gold for a few weeks in late September and early October until winter brings a blanket of fresh snow.

Just south of Rocky Mountain National Park along Hwy 34 is the small resort town of Grand Lake. This main-street town serves as a jumping off point to RMNP and the North and East Inlets. This area is also home to several of the area's beautiful lakes - Lake Granby, Shadow Mountain, and Grand Lake. Behind Lake Granby, about 10 miles down a dirt road, is Monarch Lake. From this point, you can hike into and access the Indian Peaks Wilderness area and enjoy some of the more remote and unseen areas of Grand County. Lone Eagle Peak is one of those hidden gems, a nearly 12,000' jagged peak that rises above Mirror and Crater Lakes. A 16 mile round trip is required to reach this stunning Rocky Mountain location. Along the Cascade Falls trail that connects with Monarch Lake Loop, miles of Cascade Creek flow and form several stunning waterfalls.

In the winter, Winter Park and the Fraser Valley turn into a snow-filled wonderland. Downhill skiing, cross country skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, snowshoeing, sleigh rides, and many other cold-weather activities are readily available. While at times the area can be crowded, especially during holidays and spring break, it is easy to escape if you want to explore hiking trails (often with micro spikes or snowshoes). Solitude awaits along the snowy trails and snowdrifts create a beautiful and delicate landscape to enjoy.

I hope you enjoy these scenes taken around Winter Park and the Fraser Valley. If you have any questions about the images and photographs in this gallery, please do not hesitate to contact me.

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Autumn colors arrive with orange and gold vibrance in Winter Park. — Aspen in Morning Light 2

Stormy Sunset near Winter Park, Colorado 704-1

Sunflowers under the Milky Way in Summer 3

Summer Morning in Winter Park, Colorado 1

Fall colors surround a window view of the iconic Byers Peak near Fraser and Winter Park, Colorado on a cold October morning. — Byers Peak on an Autumn Morning 1001-1

One of my favorite moments of the Autumn season, this moose posed for me while I was photographing Byers Peak near Fraser, Colorado. — Byers Peak Moose in Autumn 101-1

The ski trails of Winter Park Resort are seen in this Autumn view from Corona Pass Road. — Winter Park in Autumn 927-3

From high up on Corona Pass Road, this view of the Winter Park Ski area is seen through the golden colors of Aspen on a cool Autumn morning. — Winter Park in Autumn Panorama 927-1

This photograph of Aspen tree trunks and golden leaves on a cool Autumn afternoon was taken while on my back shooting straight up. — Autumn Aspen Grove in Winter Park 927-1

Parry Peak over Train Tracks near Winter Park 628-1

Bench with a View - Fraser, Colorado 701-1

Parry's Primrose near Berthoud Pass 718-1

Autumn along Train Tracks near Winter Park 1

Winter Park and Parry Peak Summer Pano 704-1

Winter Park and Parry Peak Sunset Pano 704-1

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird and Blue Bells 716-1

Moose in the Snow near Winter Park 1230-1

Autumn on a County Road near Fraser 106-1

Morning at Byers Peak in the Fraser Valley 1

Aerial View of Byers Peak in Winter 1229-1

Winter Park and Parry Peak Afternoon 701-1

Winter Park and Surrounding Peaks 1229-1

Winter Park and Parry Peak Black and White 701-1

Wooden Fence after a Snow Black and White2

Train Tracks in Snow Black and White 1228-1

Byers Peak on a Winter Morning Black and White 28

Train Tracks in Spring Black and White 525-1

Train Tracks through the Rockies in Spring 525-1

Winter Park Base Summer Morning 2 Black and White

Winter Park Trails - Ice Hill Sunshine 1

Milky Way over Byers Peak, Fraser, Colorado 3

Aerial View of Byers Peak in Winter 1229-2

Berthoud Pass Peaks after Sunrise 1228-1

Aerial View Looking towards the Fraser Valley 1228-1

Rainbow over Byers Peak - Fraser, Colorado

Ice Hill Trail - Winter Park, Colorado 1

Milky Way over Byers Peak - Fraser, Colorado 2

Blue Sky Trail - Winter Park, Colorado 1

Meadow Creek Reservoir and Mount Neva Panorama 1

Aspen Trees near Winter Park, Colorado 1

Fraser River in Spring Black and White 520-1

Aspen Black and White near Fraser, Colorado 2

Train tracks in black and white -Winter Park, Colorado 1

Train Tracks in Snow Black and White 1228-2

Aspen Trees near Winter Park, Black and White 1

Fraser River Trail Bridge, Winter Park 1

Aspen in Morning Light near Fraser, Colorado 1

Train near Winter Park in Black and White 629-1

Aerial View of Winter Park, Colorado, in Snow 1

Winter Park Colorado Base Summer Morning 6

Aspen in Morning Light near Fraser, Colorado 2

Milky Way over Byers Peak - Fraser, Colorado 1

Moody Winter Park Pano Black and White 719-1

Winter Park Aerial Panorama Summer Morning 1

Winter Park Panorama of James and Parry Peaks

Autumn colors at the ski base in Winter Park, Colorado. — Winter Park Ski Base in Autumn 102-1

Hiking Winter Park on an Autumn Morning 929-1

Aspen trees line a hiking trail on a cold Fall morning in Winter Park. — Hiking Winter Park on an Autumn Morning 929-2

Winter Park Autumn Sunrise Panorama 929-1

Berthoud Pass as seen on a beautiful Autumn afternoon as aspen line the train tracks along Hwy 40. — Winter Park in Autumn 927-2

Wildflowers at Sunset near Winter Park 719-1.tif

Winter Park Ski Base, seen in summer, is full of activities for locals and tourists. — Winter Park Base in Summer 1

Panorama of Winter Park Base on a Summer evening. — Winter Park Base in Summer Panorama 1

Gondolas rest quietly on a summer evening at the Winter Park base. — Winter Park Gondolas in Summer 1

Beaver Village Lodge, seen here, is a relic of history in Winter Park, Colorado. — Beaver Village - Bygone Days 1

A collage of aspen leaves shows off the reds, golds, and oranges of Autumn in the mountains. — Aspen Colors - Autumn 930-1

Train tracks lead through a corridor of golden aspen leaves on a fall morning near Winter Park, Colorado. — Train Ride into Autumn 102-1

Autumn colors add a splash of vibrance on the slopes over Winter Park, Colorado. — Winter Park in Autumn 107-1

The Old Bridge leading to Winter Park Base

Autumn at the Winter Park Ski Base 105-1

Panorama from the Winter Park Base in Autumn 1

Byers Peak rises in the distance into the winter air on a cold January sunrise. — Byers Peak and the Fraser Valley 103-1

Byers Peak on a Cold January Morning 103-1

Sunrise through the forest near Fraser 1229-1

Last Light over Winter Park and Berthoud Pass Panorama 103-1

Thank you for spending some time looking through this online gallery. Winter Park has been my family's home base in Colorado for at least 30 years. I can remember eating at the iconic Hernando's Pizza Pub after a long day of skiing when it was a smaller building on the west side of Highway 40 (that building is now the Winter Park Pub and Hernando's is located in a larger, newer building on the east side of 40). We knew when we exited the snowy slopes of Mary Jane we had to hurry to the pub. If we took too long, the wait could easily be an hour or more. In the summers I'd spend too much time hanging around Nelson's Fly and Tackle in Tabernash talking with Jason, one of the employees of the local fly-fishing guru, Jim Nelson. This store is now gone, but the memories of guiding folks on fly-fishing trips still lingers in the recesses of my mind, as do the images of wrangling large rainbows and browns from the Fraser River before it was overrun with construction and private investors. One summer, one of my best friends and I worked as maintenance men at Beaver Village Lodge, serving under the direct tutelage of a hippie-week smoking alcoholic. But he respected our work ethic and we got along fine.

Atop Corona Pass, the landscape views of the Rockies are breathtaking. King Lake is beautiful in summer when the tiny colorful wildflowers arrive. The hike up James Peak provides great views of the surrounding mountains, especially of the Winter Park ski slopes just across the valley. I've even popped a tired in my wife's Subaru 14 miles up that dirt road (also known as Rollins Pass). Amazingly enough, we made it down that treacherous 4WD path on a spare. I can remember another time - after hiking James Peak with a friend - picking up a hitchhiker. On the way down she chattered the entire time and said she'd been hiking for days. When my friend and I dropped her off in town, we found she'd taken and eaten all the food in his backpack! Crazy.

Nevertheless, Winter Park and the Fraser Valley have brought a lot of joy to my life. I'm trying to share it with my own family now, and just this past season I was able to cajole my oldest daughter to hike to the top of Berthoud Pass.

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If you have any questions about these photographs from Winter Park and surrounding area, please do not hesitate to contact me.

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