Autumn Atmosphere

September 24, 2026  |  Ridgway, Colorado
Sunset light paints the clouds over Mount Sneffels during a brief gap between autumn rain storms.

Sunset light paints the clouds over Mount Sneffels during a brief gap between autumn rain storms.

Autumn has arrived in southwest Colorado. While most of the aspens haven't turned yellow quite yet around Ridgway, the air is getting chillier and the mountains even got their first [slight] dustings of snow (if you look closely you can see bits of white on the peak in the photo above). It's been nearly constantly cloudy and often rainy weather this whole month, with many colorful sunsets (and maybe sunrises too but I've been asleep for those). A couple nights ago I enjoyed a particularly dramatic sunset as the clouds briefly swept off the peaks between rain storms.