Alpine Wildflowers

Marking the climax of summer, wildflowers are are nature's celebration of life, erupting like colorful fireworks out of alpine meadows. Typically blooming in July and August (in the northern hemisphere), alpine wildflowers are especially profuse following snowy winters and rainy springs when there's plenty of moisture available on the mountainsides.

Paintbrush Sunrise Panorama — Paintbrush Sunrise Panorama

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Columbine and Sneffels Sunset — Columbine and Sneffels Sunset

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Columbine in Lupine — Columbine in Lupine

Elk Mountains, Colorado

Columbine Sunset — Columbine Sunset

Flat Tops, Colorado

Wetterhorn in Candyland — Wetterhorn in Candyland

Uncompahgre Wilderness, Colorado

Stormy Lupines — Stormy Lupines

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Colorful Twilights — Colorful Twilights

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Paintbrush Sunlight — Paintbrush Sunlight

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Wetterhorn Sunrise Sunflowers — Wetterhorn Sunrise Sunflowers

Uncompahgre Wilderness, Colorado

Paintbrush Valley — Paintbrush Valley

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Columbine in the Red — Columbine in the Red

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Wildflowers in the Cirque of the Towers — Wildflowers in the Cirque of the Towers

Wind River Range, Wyoming

The Hills Are Alive — The Hills Are Alive

Lechtal Alps, Austria

Bachsee Sunrise Reflection — Bachsee Sunrise Reflection

Bernese Oberland, Switzerland

Wildflowers and Bobotov Kuk — Wildflowers and Bobotov Kuk

Durmitor National Park, Montenegro

Avalanche Lily Meadow — Avalanche Lily Meadow

Olympic Peninsula, Washington

Karwendel Sunbeam — Karwendel Sunbeam

Karwendel, Austria

Paintbrush Sunset — Paintbrush Sunset

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Jezerce Spires — Jezerce Spires

Prokletije, Montenegro

Wetterhorn Moonflowers — Wetterhorn Moonflowers

Uncompahgre Wilderness, Colorado

Huron Peak Wildflowers — Huron Peak Wildflowers

Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, Sawatch Range, Colorado

Flower in the Dew — Flower in the Dew

Valbona, Albania

Hoher Dachstein Sunrise — Hoher Dachstein Sunrise

Dachstein, Austria

Columbine Fields Forever — Columbine Fields Forever

Eagles Nest Wilderness, Gore Range, Colorado

Capitol Paintbrush — Capitol Paintbrush

Elk Mountains, Colorado

San Miguel Summer Morning — San Miguel Summer Morning

Lizard Head Wilderness, Colorado

Emerald Fireweed — Emerald Fireweed

Mount Sneffels Wilderness, Colorado

Glacier Peak Mist — Glacier Peak Mist

Glacier Peak Wilderness, Washington

Wetterhorn Morning Paintbrush — Wetterhorn Morning Paintbrush

Uncompahgre Wilderness, Colorado

Mears Peak Rainbow — Mears Peak Rainbow

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Paintbrush Evening — Paintbrush Evening

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Paintbrush Morning — Paintbrush Morning

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Sunflower Sunlight — Sunflower Sunlight

Lizard Head Wilderness, Colorado

Lupine Sunsplash — Lupine Sunsplash

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Warbonnet Wildflowers — Warbonnet Wildflowers

Wind River Range, Wyoming

Tiger Lily — Tiger Lily

Olympic Peninsula, Washington

Red Columbine — Red Columbine

Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington

Maglic Wildflowers — Maglic Wildflowers

Bosnia/Montenegro

Bachsee Morning — Bachsee Morning

Bernese Oberland, Switzerland

Trinity Paintbrush — Trinity Paintbrush

Weminuche Wilderness, Colorado

Wetterhorn Paintbrush — Wetterhorn Paintbrush

Uncompahgre Wilderness, Colorado

Bittercress Field — Bittercress Field

Gore Range, Colorado

YGB — YGB

Flat Tops, Colorado

Fireweed and Salmon Glacier — Fireweed and Salmon Glacier

Hyder, Alaska

Potosi Peak & Lupine — Potosi Peak & Lupine

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Mount Hooker Paintbrush — Mount Hooker Paintbrush

Wind River Range, Wyoming

Sauk Mountain Sunset — Sauk Mountain Sunset

Washington Cascades

Lamoille Canyon Flowers — Lamoille Canyon Flowers

Ruby Mountains, Nevada

Rappensee — Rappensee

Allgäuer Alps, Germany

Sneffels Range Flowers — Sneffels Range Flowers

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Deer in Flowers — Deer in Flowers

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Aspens and Flowers — Aspens and Flowers

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Lupine Daydream — Lupine Daydream

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Bridge of Heaven Lupine — Bridge of Heaven Lupine

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Bear Grass — Bear Grass

Glacier National Park, Montana

Sundial Flowers — Sundial Flowers

Wasatch Range, Utah

Paintbrush Morning — Paintbrush Morning

Weminuche Wilderness, Colorado

Weminuche Paintbrush — Weminuche Paintbrush

Weminuche Wilderness, Colorado

Rio Calinca Lupines — Rio Calinca Lupines

Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru

Ice Lakes Wildflowers — Ice Lakes Wildflowers

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Fibonacci Spiral — Fibonacci Spiral

Patagonia

Sunflower Bumblebee — Sunflower Bumblebee

Lizard Head Wilderness, Colorado

Indian Paintbrush — Indian Paintbrush

Elk Mountains, Colorado

Coxcomb Wildflowers — Coxcomb Wildflowers

Uncompahgre Wilderness, Colorado

Good Morning — Good Morning

Uncompahgre Wilderness, Colorado

Peak Lake Paintbrush — Peak Lake Paintbrush

Wind River Range, Wyoming

Ogalalla Flowers — Ogalalla Flowers

Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado

Willow Lake Wildflowers — Willow Lake Wildflowers

Eagles Nest Wilderness, Gore Range, Colorado

Misurina Wildflowers — Misurina Wildflowers

Dolomites, Italy

Globeflower Sunset — Globeflower Sunset

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Purity Basin Sunflowers — Purity Basin Sunflowers

Elk Mountains, Colorado

Lake Wakatipu — Lake Wakatipu

Queenstown, New Zealand

Matterhorn Peak Paintbrush — Matterhorn Peak Paintbrush

Uncompahgre Wilderness, Colorado