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The GazetteAugust 6, 2013 | updated 13 years ago
La Plata Mountains, west of Durango. (Todd Caudle)
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La Plata Mountains, west of Durango. (Todd Caudle)Silver Circle Tail, San Isabel National Forest. (Amy Wilkerson)Halfmoon Lakes Trail, Holy Cross Wilderness. (Janet Vervalin)Crested Butte (Ray Esparza)Air Force Academy (Alex Wright)Near Breckenridge. (Christy Whale)American Basin, San Juan Mountains. (Michele Strub)Rocky Mountain National Park. (Rachel Isaacs)San Juan Mountains. (Doug Bennett)Fish Creek Falls, Steamboat Springs (Lynda Peterson)Near Beaver Creek Ski Resort (Jennifer Brown)Upper Slate Lake, Eagles Nest Wilderness (R. Scott Rappold)Mueller State Park (Bob Sapashe)Crested Butte (Donna Stark)New Santa Fe Trail, Colorado Springs (Michael Hersh)Crested Butte (Carolyn Cyr)Emerald Valley (Rose DiCenso)Rampart Reservoir (Katy Kunz)Stanley Canyon Trail, Air Force Academy Lila MoriSaint Mary’s Falls (Candace Lawrenz)Rabbit Ears Pass (James Kewley)A rainbow forms over fields of red Indian paintbrush and other flowers near Kennebec Pass in the La Plata Mountains of southwest Colorado.Quandary Peak (Letitia Dusich)Crested Butte (Bud Thomas)Wlldflowers bloom with Mount Crested Butte in the background Saturday, June 29, 2013. This year’s Crested Butte Wildflower Festival is July 8 through July 14. Visit https://www.crestedbuttewildflowerfestival.com for more information. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)Near Ouray (Bill Brown)Mount Massive Wilderness (Janet Vervalin)San Juan Mountains (Ben Holman)