The high country explodes in fall colors. Don;t wait to see natures annual show.
SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald - DURANGO - 09/19/2012 - <br>Water droplets from Cascade Creek ride an aspen leaf down stream as fall colors adorn the banks and mountainsides of the San Juan national Forest.
SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald - DURANGO - 09/18/2012 - The morning sun peek through the branches of Quaking Aspen along U.S. 550 between Coal Bank and Molas Pass with Twilght Peak on the horizon.
SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald - DURANGO - 09/18/2012 - U.S. Highway 550 between Durango and Silverton will be a popular route once again this fall for people wishing to see the fall colors within the San Juan National Forest.
SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald - DURANGO - 09/19/2012 - The beauty is in the details within the San Juan National Forest on the mountainside above Lime Creek Wednesday as demonstrated in this flash illuminated aspen leaf.
SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald - DURANGO - 09/19/2012 - <br>Late afternoon sunlight reflect off thewaters of Cascade Creek saturating the fall colors of an aspen tree along the banks.
SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald - DURANGO - 09/19/2012 - <br>Fall colors are reflected in a car window parked at a pullout along U.S. Highway 550 near Molas Pass Wednesday.
SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald - DURANGO - 09/18/2012 - <br>A bus winds along U.S. Highway 550 between Coal Bank Pass and Molas Pass Tuesdays as fall colors begin to show along the mountainsides of the San Juan National Forest.
SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald - DURANGO - 09/19/2012 - <br>Aspen leaves sway in a cool afternoon breeze signaling the changing of the season on the high country outside of Durango.
SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald - DURANGO - 09/18/2012 - <br>Quaking Aspen ablaze in colors just off of U.S. 550 between Coal Bank and Molas Pass with Twilght Peak on the horizon.
SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald - DURANGO - 09/19/2012 - <br>Morning sunlight illuminates a stand of aspen tress starting to turn their fall colors with the San Juan National Forest.
SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald - DURANGO - 09/19/2012 - <br>A macro view of an aspen leaf displaying it's fall colors before falling to the ground in the Lime Creek area of the San Juan National Forest.
SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald - DURANGO - 09/19/2012 - <br>The leaves of aspen trees display their range of color backlighted by the afternoon sun along Cascade Creek north of Durango.
SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald - DURANGO - 09/19/2012 - <br>Fallen leaves create a mosaic of colors and textures on the ground of the San Juan National Forest near Andrews Lake off of U.S.Highway 550.
