Mountain Photography by Jack Brauer

Colorado Rockies: Sawatch Range, near Vail and Leadville

The Sawatch Range is a massive range filled with massive peaks in the center of the Colorado Rockies, stretching from Vail to Leadville to Buena Vista and Saguache. This range contains more fourteeners, or 14,000-foot mountains, than any other range in the continental United States, including Colorado's highest peak, Mt. Elbert.

Mount Massive, Mount Elbert, Sawatch Range, fourteeners, sunset, Colorado photo
Massive from Elbert
La Plata Peak, moonlight, fourteener, Sawatch Range, Colorado photo
La Plata Moonlight
Mt. Elbert, Colorado, summit, moonlight photo
Elbert's Moonshadow
Mount of the Holy Cross, alpenglow, Vail, Sawatch Range, Colorado photo
Holy Cross Alpenglow
Aspens, Holy Cross Wilderness, Colorado photo
Gold Dust Aspen
autumn aspens, Holy Cross Wilderness, Vail, Colorado photo
Holy Cross Aspen
Three Apostles, reflection, Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, Sawatch Range, Colorado photo
Three Apostles Blue
Three Apostles, reflection, Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, Sawatch Range, Colorado photo
Three Apostles Gray
Notch Mountain, Holy Cross Wilderness, Sawatch Range, Colorado photo
Sawatch Undercast
Huron Peak, North Apostle, Ice Mountain, reflection, Colorado photo
Huron Sunrise
Gold Dust Peak, reflection, Holy Cross Wilderness, Colorado photo
Gold Dust Peak
Mount of the Holy Cross, hut, Notch Mountain, summit, Colorado photo
Holy Cross Hut