San Juan Mountain's put on fall color show
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>Remnants of ranching sits in a grass meadow near Old Lime Creek Road.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>A Plant on the forest floor turns a bright red near Old Lime Creek Road.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>Grasses along with trees turn color below Coal Bank Pass on Tuesday.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>Aspen trees turn color above Silverton on Tuesday.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>Aspen trees turn color near Old Lime Creek Road on Tuesday.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>Berries hang over a small creek near Old Lime Creek Road.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>Changing aspen near Old Lime Creek Road on Tuesday.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>Afternoon sunlight shines through clouds to light up a stand of aspen trees on a ridge near Moloas Pass on Tuesday.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>Plants next to a small stream change colors near Old Lime Creek Road.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>A grove of aspen trees turn a mixed red color along U.S. Highway 550 below Coal Bank Pass on Tuesday.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>Water drops carry across a puddle on aspen leaves on Tuesday on Old Lime Creek Road.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>Changing aspen near Old Lime Creek Road on Tuesday.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>One of the billions of aspen leaves in the San Juan Mountains begins to turn into to its fall color on Tuesday.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>Aspen leaves of many colors are in change near Coal Bank Pass on Tuesday.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>Yellow aspen leaves create a contrast to the white tree trunks on Tuesday on Old Lime Creek Road.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>Colorful aspen leaves fill the mountain sides but a closer look also shows rocks covered with a fall color on Tuesday near Coal Bank Pass.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>Plants and grass begin to turn color near Old Lime Creek Road.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>Rocks glisten with changing aspen trees on Tuesday near Coal Bank Pass.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>A grove of aspen trees turn a mixed red color along U.S. Highway 550 below Coal Bank Pass on Tuesday.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>Mike Scinto, of California, takes a picture of a grove of aspen trees along U.S. Highway 550 below Coal Bank Pass north of Durango on Tuesday while touring the changing leaves. The San Juan Mountains are in different stages of fall colors.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>Colorful aspen trees frame Engineer Mountain on Tuesday.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>A couple drive down Old Lime Creek Road looking at the fall colors near Coal Bank Pass on Tuesday.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>Afternoon sunshine lights up a grove of aspen trees above U.S. Highway 550 below Molas Pass north of Durango on Tuesday.The San Juan Mountains are in different stages of fall colors.
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br>The colors of the Red Mountain area compliments the changing aspen trees on Tuesday.
