Lots of fall colors beginning on Missionary Ridge
Gambel oak begins to change to fall colors on Tuesday along Missionary Ridge north of Durango in the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire burn area. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Aspen tree leaves begin to change to fall colors on Tuesday on Missionary Ridge north of Durango in the burn area of the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Pine cones cut from the tree by squirrels for their winter stash on Tuesday along Missionary Ridge north of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Aspen tree leaves begin to change to fall colors on Tuesday on Missionary Ridge north of Durango in the burn area of the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Gambel oak and aspen trees begin to change to fall colors on Tuesday along Missionary Ridge north of Durango in the burn area of the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Aspen trees and Gambel oak begin to change to fall colors on Tuesday on Missionary Ridge north of Durango in the burn area of the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Aspen trees and Gambel oak begin to change to fall colors on Tuesday on Missionary Ridge north of Durango in the burn area of the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Aspen trees and Gambel oak begin to change to fall colors on Tuesday as clouds move through Missionary Ridge north of Durango in the burn area of the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
A wild rose blooms as fall colors begin to appear on Tuesday on Missionary Ridge north of Durango in the burn area of the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Gambel oak begins to change to fall colors on Tuesday along Missionary Ridge north of Durango in the burn area of the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Rose hips begin to change to fall colors on Tuesday on Missionary Ridge north of Durango in the burn area of the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Aspen tree leaves begin to change to fall colors on Tuesday on Missionary Ridge north of Durango in the burn area of the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Aspen tree leaves begin to change to fall colors on Tuesday on Missionary Ridge north of Durango in the burn area of the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Gambel oak begins to change to fall colors on Tuesday along Missionary Ridge north of Durango in the burn area of the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Fireweed begins to change to its red fall colors on Tuesday along Missionary Ridge north of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Fireweed begins to change to fall colors on Tuesday along Missionary Ridge north of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Aspen tree leaves begin to change to fall colors on Tuesday on Missionary Ridge north of Durango in the burn area of the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Pine cones cut from the tree by squirrels for their winter stash on Tuesday along Missionary Ridge north of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Foliage begins to change to fall colors on Tuesday on Missionary Ridge north of Durango in the burn area of the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Gambel oak and aspen trees begin to change to fall colors on Tuesday on Missionary Ridge north of Durango in the burn area of the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Aspen trees and Gambel oak begin to change to fall colors on Tuesday on Missionary Ridge north of Durango in the burn area of the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
