Lakes & Waterfall

Oxbow Sunrise

A fog rises off the water as sunrise approaches at Oxbow Bend in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.

Lake Irene

A calm day at Lake Irene provides a perfect reflection of the surrounding landscape. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

Bear Lake Sunset

A fall evening at bear lake is rewarded with colorful aspens, clouds, and reflections. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

Lake Helene Sunrise

Notchtop Mountain is reflected in Lake Helene as the morning light hits the peak. I was able to arrive after hiking before dawn under the blood moon.

Lake Helene Moonset

Notchtop reflects in Lake Helene in Rocky Mountain National Park. The full moon shines behind the mountain illuminating the clouds from behind and providing light for the scene.

Lower Yellowstone Falls

Cascading from the 590,000 year old Canyon Rhyolite lava flow, Lower Yellowstone Falls is the largest volume waterfall in the Rocky Mountains of the United States.These falls are 308 feet high, or nearly twice as high as Niagara Falls. The volume of water flowing over Lower Yellowstone Falls can vary from 680 cu ft/s in the autumn, to 8,400 cu ft/s at peak runoff in late springtime.

Indian Peaks Summer

Flowers grow next to an unnamed stream on the Indian Peaks WIlderness near Brainard Lake, Colorado.

Oxbow Pelican Sunrise

A pelican moves slowly through the waters of Oxbow bend during sinrise in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.

Alberta Falls Cascade

Alberta Falls carries aspen leaves downstream in a cascade of water in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Boulder Brook Autumn

The forest floor is carpeted with the gold of autumn aspen leaves near the boulder brook trail in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Flower Cascade

Water cascades past flowers and mossy rocks in Mount Rainier National Park.

Christine Falls

Christine Falls is the final waterfall along Van Trump Creek, falling 69 feet in drops of 32 and 37 feet respectively. The falls constitute one of the signiture views in Mount Rainier National Park, framed by the graceful Christine Falls Bridge

Bluebell Stream

Fresh snowmelt flows down an unnamed stream giving life to flowers along it's banks. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

Alberta Falls

Alberta Falls as seen from a differnt perspective. This view is next to the falls looking downstream into Rocky Mountain National Park.

Boulder Brook

The forest floor is carpeted with the gold of autumn aspen leaves near the boulder brook trail in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Alluvial Fan

Water cascades down the rocks of the alluvial fan during early winter in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

Florence Falls

Florence Falls is located along the unnamed stream flowing from Twin Lakes, one valley north of Gunsight Lake in Glacier National Park. The falls have a cumulative drop of about 800 feet as it cascades down to the St. Mary River valley in a long series of slides and steps.

Autumn Stream

A small waterfall cascades down onw of the many rock ledges along the Boulder Brook Stream in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

Trail to Black Lake

Snow still covers the trail just before Black Lake in early summer. Water from the lake can be seen forming a small stream as it overflows its banks due to the snowmelt. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

Notchtop Reflection

Notchtop is reflected in a small pond in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Bierstadt Lake Sunrise

Sunrise colors the mountains and clouds above Bierstadt Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

Bierstadt Lake

Grasses fill the banks if Bierstadt Lake during the summer in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.