Colorado Rocks

Colorado Rocks. I “bagged” my first Colorado 14,000 foot peaks a few years back. Colorado has over 50 peaks that are 14,000 feet or higher. This painting is of Mount Evans, number 14 in elevation of the 53 Colorado 14ers. There is a road to the top, but I hiked the short northeast face trail (1,400 foot elevation gain) from the Summit Lake Trailhead as my acclimation hike for the following day when I summited Mount Bierstadt. I tried to capture the awesome beauty of the alpine tundra from my ascent of Mount Evans.