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Wildflower Photography in the San Juan Mountains
Where, How To Get There, and When
Presenter: Doug Bennett
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Last Dollar Road&
Silver Pick Basin
First Opportunity of the Season!!
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13 June 2010F13, 27mm
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12 June 2010f16, 45mm
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12 June 2010f16, 60mm
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26 June 2010F13, 27mm
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Last Dollar Road& Silver Pick Basin
• Assessable by Car
• Middle to Latter Part of June Should Be Great
• Morning and Evening Both Good, Scout Locations During Day
• West Dallas Creek Rd Dangerous When Wet (Clay)
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Yankee Boy Basin
Widely Famous and Deservedly So
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Yankee Boy Basin• Can be assessable by a high clearance vehicle
– But dangerous if a big rain comes. . .saw a Nissan Pathfinder that had fell off the road
• Great combination of waterfalls and wildflowers
• Stay on the trails as this is private property (owned by a mining company who allow access)
• Mid to late July prime time for wildflowers. . .I’d say the 20th
• Morning and evening both good
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Governor Basin
Beautiful but tough to get to
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Governor Basin
• At a higher elevation so the flowers peak later. . .around first week in August
• You need high clearance rugged 4-wheel drive– Jeep, Toyota 4-Runner, Nissan X-Terra, etc– No Toyota Highlanders, Subarus or other crossover SUVs
(which now includes some Jeeps)– Road is quite narrow and rough. . .you need to be an
experienced off-roader
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Imogene Pass
My Favorite 4-Wheel Drive Road
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Imogene Pass Rd• The east side of the pass is best
• Most fun 4-wheel Jeep trail. . .in one part you are driving down a flowing stream bed
• Again, you need a rugged 4-wheel drive vehicle
• Ruins of the Tom Boy Mine are on the west side of Pass
• Great high mountain lakes!!!
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Red Mountain Pass Area
Lots of Varied PhotographicOpportunities
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Red Mountain Pass Area
• Rich in mining history and old photogenic mining structures
• Best sites are north of the pass along U.S. Hwy 550 (east side of highway)
• Watch out for deer in the evenings. . .highest concentration I’ve ever encountered as I drove back north to Ouray so drive SLOW
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Stony Pass
Great Paintbrush and DeservingOf More Exploration
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Stony Pass
• Get a local map at Visitors’ Center in Silverton so you don’t miss the turn
• Highest density of paintbrush I have seen anywhere
• Road really rocky in places so best to have offroad tires
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American Basin
John Fielder’s Favorite for Wildflowers
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5 Aug
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American Basin
• Often raining in the afternoons so I recommend shooting in the morning
• Lots of opportunities with the streams and wildflowers
• Road really rocky in places so best to have offroad tires
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Black Bear Pass Rd
My Favorite!!!!You’ll Find Treasures Here You
Won’t Find Anywhere Else!!
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4 Aug
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21 July 2010f36, 60mm
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Black Bear Pass Rd
• Approach from the east side. . .do not go down the west side!!!!!!
• You can’t beat the combination of wildflowers and Red
Mountain. . .great evening shooting!!!
• Have an early dinner in Ouray and go to Black Bear in the evening and spend time there!
• Watch out for the deer on the way back to Ouray!
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Wildflowers in the San Juan Mountains
• Do Black Bear Pass Rd for sure!!!!!
• And if you can get to Yankee Boy Basin, you’ll love it!!!
• And if you don’t have a rugged 4-wheel drive, you can get to American Basin pretty easy from the Lake City side (come in from the east)
• Once you go, you’ll go back a lot!!!!!
• And the Fall Color in the San Juans is Spectacular!!!!!
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Crested Butte
Great Flowers & Hiking Reaps Even More Rewards. . .I Hear
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11 Jul, Kebler Pass
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11 Jul f5.6 @ 190mm
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3 Jul, Just north of Mt Crested Butte
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3 Jul, Washington Gulch Rd
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Lead King Loop1 August 2010F9, 24mm
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14 Aug, f4.8 24mm T/SMaroon Bells
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Woodland Park
Burn Areas Offer Splendid Opportunities
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Hayman Burn Area19 Jun North of Woodland Park