Collegiate Peaks Wilderness
The summit of two 14ers Belford and Oxford can be combined on the same walk from the Missouri Gulch trailhead (9 miles return, 6000 ft gain)
Fall colors in mid-September from Mount Belford
Great Sand Dunes National Park
Afternoon thunderstorm from a roadside pulloff near the entrance of the park
There are backpacking opportunities in the park that I would like to explore. I hiked to Star Dune on a short visit.
Sunflowers blooming on the dunes at the end of a rainy summer
