Uncompahgre and Colorado plateaus

On the western slopes of Colorado's Rockies, mountains slip into mesas of the Uncompahgre plateau that in turn abuts Utah's Colorado plateau ...
Complicated enough?
Snow transitions to dirt, chill to heat. Less than 24 hours elapsed from a snow squall up in Rocky Mountain National Park to near 100-degree temps at the Fisher Towers.
The West ...

Ute Canyon, Colorado NM

 

The rim road below the serpent trail, once the actual road into the park.

 Kissing Couple and Independence Monument, the tallest formation within the park even if the perspective makes it look rather tiny ...

 Devils Canyon - McInnis/Black Ridge

 Fisher Towers

 Fisher Towers toward Castle Valley and Arches.

I had to haul ass to make it to Corona Arch out of moab before sundown. People climb to the top to rope swing 140 feet down into its opening, sometimes with disastrous results. Someone's up there now. i didn't stick around to see whether he jumped...

 

Indian Creek, on the way to Canyonlands' Needles district.

  

 Out and over Elephant Canyon, Canyonlands.

 Chesler Park.

Wildflowers and grasses. Yeah, in the desert.

 

The great unconformity. There's a trail in there somewhere.