Aspen Ridge, Colorado

As in the past, we woke up Saturday morning and decided to take a road trip to Aspen Ridge in Buena Vista, CO. Aspen Ridge is, as the name implies, a mountain ridge consisting of a bunch of aspen trees.

Our intention was to photograph the fall colors before it got too late in the season. Guess what? We were too late (again).

The trip to “the ridge” took about two and a half hours. www.traildamage.com stated that Aspen Ridge was just outside of Fairplay, CO (about 90 minutes away). They lied (as they usually do). Don’t get me wrong, the site has great information but typically the site is a little vague on how to get there, where to turn and what to expect. That being said, the site is the IMDB of off roading.

On the way to Aspen Ridge, we rarely saw trees with any fall colors remaining and were hopeful that we would get to see some when we reached our destination.

We took state highway 285 south and exited on Chaffee County Road 307 and followed the lame instructions to Aspen Ridge. The road was exactly as described. A little rocky in spots, mud (cool) and a lot of spots to pull off and enjoy the view.

Like stated above, the trees were quite bare and we finally got to see some colors when we reached the top of the ridge.

Here are some of the pictures we took.

You can see the rest of my pictures here: http://erichphoto.smugmug.com/Aspen-Ridge-Colorado/

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