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Cottonwood Pass, Colorado

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  • Cottonwood Pass — At 12,126 feet, this is the highest paved crossing of the Continental Divide reachable from Buena Vista, connecting the Arkansas Valley to the Taylor Park area near Crested Butte. The overlook near the summit puts you above nearly everything around it, and the road itself — visible switchbacking up the mountainside below — makes a strong leading line into a wide shot when the light's coming from low on the horizon.
The Road Into the Light — Cottonwood Pass, Colorado. Morning fog hanging thick in the pines while the sun tries to punch through, turning the whole forest…
The Road Into the Light
Standing on the Yellow Line — Cottonwood Pass, Colorado. Dead center on the centerline with a wall of fog swallowing the road ahead and tall pines lining…
Standing on the Yellow Line
Eye Level on Cottonwood Pass — Cottonwood Pass, Colorado. Down in the alpine tundra at flower height on Cottonwood Pass, Colorado, with white blooms…
Eye Level on Cottonwood Pass
Belly Down in the Tundra — Cottonwood Pass, Colorado. Flat on the ground in the alpine grass with white wildflowers and an old weathered log in the…
Belly Down in the Tundra
The Sun Wins the Argument — Cottonwood Pass, Colorado. The sun finally breaking through a wall of morning fog along a Colorado mountain road, backlighting…
The Sun Wins the Argument
Fog Thinning Between the Lodgepoles — Cottonwood Pass, Colorado. Morning fog thinning out between lodgepole pines as the sun finally made its move, the…
Fog Thinning Between the Lodgepoles
Straight Into the Fog — Cottonwood Pass, Colorado. An empty two-lane pointed straight into a wall of fog with lodgepoles standing in ranks along the shoulder.
Straight Into the Fog