Colorado Rockies

Wildflowers of Colorado

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, Colorado's alpine wildflowers are especially profuse following snowy winters and rainy springs when there's plenty of moisture available on the mountainsides.

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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

Paintbrush Sunset — Paintbrush Sunset

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Wetterhorn Moonflowers — Wetterhorn Moonflowers

Uncompahgre Wilderness, Colorado

Huron Peak Wildflowers — Huron Peak Wildflowers

Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, Sawatch Range, Colorado

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

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

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

Potosi Peak & Lupine — Potosi Peak & Lupine

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

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

Paintbrush Morning — Paintbrush Morning

Weminuche Wilderness, Colorado

Weminuche Paintbrush — Weminuche Paintbrush

Weminuche Wilderness, Colorado

Ice Lakes Wildflowers — Ice Lakes Wildflowers

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

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

Ogalalla Flowers — Ogalalla Flowers

Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado

Willow Lake Wildflowers — Willow Lake Wildflowers

Eagles Nest Wilderness, Gore Range, Colorado

Globeflower Sunset — Globeflower Sunset

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Purity Basin Sunflowers — Purity Basin Sunflowers

Elk Mountains, Colorado

Matterhorn Peak Paintbrush — Matterhorn Peak Paintbrush

Uncompahgre Wilderness, Colorado

Mears Lupine — Mears Lupine

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Lupine Sunrise — Lupine Sunrise

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Lupine Cloudburst — Lupine Cloudburst

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

A trail winds through a meadow full of dandelions. — Dandelion Heaven

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Wilson Peak Dandelions — Wilson Peak Dandelions

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

First Columbine — First Columbine

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Wetterhorn Wildflowers — Wetterhorn Wildflowers

Uncompahgre Wilderness, Colorado

Columbine Forest — Columbine Forest

La Plata Mountains, Colorado

Cascade of Flowers — Cascade of Flowers

Gore Range, Colorado

Flower Valley — Flower Valley

Gore Range, Colorado

Lupine Under the Stars — Lupine Under the Stars

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Rock Flowers — Rock Flowers

Weminuche Wilderness, Colorado

Paintbrush Afternoon — Paintbrush Afternoon

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Paintbrush Peak — Paintbrush Peak

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Sunrise in the Paintbrush — Sunrise in the Paintbrush

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Paintbrush Light — Paintbrush Light

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Ice Lake Columbine — Ice Lake Columbine

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Island Lake Wildflowers — Island Lake Wildflowers

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Bouquet of Columbines — Bouquet of Columbines

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Jagged Wildflower Sunset — Jagged Wildflower Sunset

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Monitor Wildflowers — Monitor Wildflowers

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Turret Alpenglow — Turret Alpenglow

San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Wetterhorn Clouds and Flowers — Wetterhorn Clouds and Flowers

Uncompahgre Wilderness, Colorado