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Colorado Springs

Garden of the Gods

2024-04-10

rock / geology / landmark

The sandstone formations here feel like they belong on another planet. At golden hour, the red rock against the pale Colorado sky creates a contrast that no filter can replicate — you just have to be there at the right moment.

Pikes Peak at Dawn

2024-04-11

mountain / dawn / landscape

At 14,115 feet, Pikes Peak dominates the western horizon of Colorado Springs. I photographed it from the valley floor as the first alpenglow turned the summit pink — the mountain asserting itself before the city woke up.

Palmer Park Overlook

2024-04-12

overlook / urban / landscape

From the mesa trails of Palmer Park, the city spreads out below like a grid caught between mountains and plains. The convergence of wildness and civilization is always striking here — neither quite winning.

Red Rock Canyon Open Space

2024-04-13

canyon / geology / trail

Red Rock Canyon's layers of sedimentary rock tell 300 million years of geological history. The trail winds through a silence broken only by wind and the occasional hawk circling the canyon walls above.

Cheyenne Canyon Falls

2024-04-14

waterfall / canyon / nature

The North Cheyenne Cañon holds a series of falls that cascade through narrow granite walls. In early morning the light barely reaches the canyon floor, and the spray hangs in the dim air like a second atmosphere.

Manitou Springs Incline

2024-04-15

trail / mountain / challenge

The Manitou Incline gains 2,000 feet in less than a mile. From the top, the grid of Colorado Springs spreads below like a map, and the plains stretch east toward infinity in the clear mountain air.

Broadmoor Hotel Grounds

2024-04-16

architecture / landscape / historic

The Broadmoor has anchored the foot of Cheyenne Mountain since 1918. Its pink stucco walls and lake reflections feel like an artifact from a more unhurried century — a place that decided not to change.