Mountain Photography by Jack Brauer
Trip Reports: Ouray-Uncompahgre Loop - July 2008
This weekend I went on a wonderful 25 mile backpacking loop from Ouray, Colorado. I started at Bear Creek, a few miles up the road from Ouray, hiked up to the rolling green tundra paradise of the Uncompahgre Wilderness, along the Horsethief Trail to the Bridge of Heaven Trail, then back down into Ouray. I camped two nights along the way.
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Hiking up Bear Creek. This is a timed exposure, and you can see me on the trail, which is cut high up on the top left canyon wall. Photo © by Jack Brauer.
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Lots of purple flowers up on the tundra near American Flats. Photo © by Jack Brauer.
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Sunset alpenglow light on Dragonsback. Photo © by Jack Brauer.
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The green tundra paradise of the Uncompahgre Wilderness in July. Photo © by Jack Brauer.
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A scene reminiscent of the Alps, in Colorado. Wildflowers with Teakettle Mountain off in the distance. Photo © by Jack Brauer.
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Bright red Indian Paintbrush Photo © by Jack Brauer.
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Sunlight beams through stormy clouds, as seen from the top of the Amphitheater far above the town of Ouray, Colorado. A strange thing... as I was standing here 5,000 feet above town, I could hear a band playing way down there! Photo © by Jack Brauer.
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A brief splash of sunlight illuminates the flower-carpeted tundra and a fleeting rainbow appears. Photo © by Jack Brauer.
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Sunset light on the Amphitheater above Ouray, Colorado Photo © by Jack Brauer.
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A wildflower with a view.
Photo © by Jack Brauer.
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