The Rocky Mountain National Park is located in the northern Colorado, in the western United States, to the north of the "miles high city" of Denver. Here is the location. For me, it is one of my most visited National Parks. I have been there in virtually every season, camped many nights, hiked most of the 300 miles of beautiful trails that exist in the park. It is perhaps my fallback park to go to if I can't make it anywhere else.
Here I will give a brief photographic description of a small, less known part of the park, called Wild Basin. It is a relatively easy hike in the summer. This current set of photographs were taken during winter, when it is slightly more challenging, but easy enough. The hike starts relatively flat:
The good thing about Wild Basin is that you don't particularly have to go anywhere; just head up the valley, there are plenty of campsites within very short distances, and there is a mountain lake at the top of every valley. I like that a lot, I don't like destinations much, just the journey is fun.
The following morning there was quite a bit of overnight snow to wake up to, and it was bitterly cold for a city person like me. But snowfall in the woods gives you the perfect silence that you don't find elsewhere:
It was a fairly uneventful hike, all the lakes were frozen solid, so it was not that much fun. It was very monochrome, not the type of photographs I take most of the time.
Yep, that is a lake!
After that little hike, we went and visited some of the lower elevation lakes which were not frozen, like Bierstadt Lake, which is a short but steep hike from the bear lake road.
Yes, those are wild, that in the horizon it is the Continental Divide dominated by Hallett Peak, the headwaters of those mountains is the birthplace of mighty Colorado River, and it divides the drainage system in the continental US. All the water to the east drains into the Mississippi River System and into the Gulf of Mexico; while the water to the west of the divide drains into the Colorado River System and into the Pacific.
Here is how they look up close. Very colorful, aren't they. I think they could be little cold! I thought it was a nice way to end a trip.
Disclaimer: All photographs are my own. Just ask me please if you like to use and share; citing the source is fine. The links are from nps.gov website. I am not associated with or paid by the United States National Park Services. Use your own judgement while re-using their content.
The park is incredibly beautiful, excellent for capturing good pictures
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Great pictures!
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Great photos !!!
Hiya, just swinging by to let you know that this post made the Honorable mentions list in today's #TravelDigest!