Don’t blink, you’ll miss them...

If you’ve been in the High Country recently you know the changing of the colors has come early this year. I was riding the Mineral Belt Trail in Leadville in mid-August when I saw the first Aspen trees starting to show their beautiful yellow colors. A couple of years ago, up in Alaska and the Yukon the Aspen were starting to change at the end of July but normally it’s more the middle of September into early October that sees Colorado’s trees start to signal Fall. While the front range sweated through last week’s 90’s it was warm days in the 70’s and 80’s and cool nights just above freezing in the mountain valleys and yes, the tops of the peaks have already sported some decent dustings of snow.

I think Fall is the prettiest time of year in Colorado though this year’s changing of the leaves has really been a late summer event. I spent several days traveling around taking pics and filming the Aspen so if you didn’t get a chance to catch the changing foliage this year here’s a short peek!

Of course, now that I’ve been dawdling around gawking at the trees I now need to focus on chopping and splitting wood for the upcoming winter which given Colorado’s whimsical climate could be as early as next week...