Starlight on Sneffels
June 2019 | San Juan Mountains, Colorado
The winter of 2018-2019 in the San Juan Mountains has been one for the records books, with about 600% of average snowpack at the start of June. With all this beautiful snow in the mountains this spring, lately I've been having some hairbrained photo mission ideas - one of which was to hike up Mt. Sneffels in the dark to take some star photos from the summit. With no moon and a decently clear weather forecast I figured this last Friday night was my opportunity. I've hiked up Sneffels several times before via moonlight, but this was my first time with just starlight and a headlamp!