FIVE PICTURE FRIDAY! - Red Mountain

Taken July 19, 2025

Up against the Colorado/Wyoming border, the Red Mountain Open Space offers a mix of trails and vistas that surpass expectation. Horses, hikers, mountain bikers, and trail runners take advantage of this unique prairie playground, where antelope dart among the scrubby brush and the grasslands seem to flow forever. Anchoring it all are unique deposits of compressed and contorted sandstones, limestones, and other colorful rocks, giving the space its name and defining its character.

About “Five Picture Friday”

Every other Friday, I produce a short photo-essay on an interesting location. I try to capture the essence of the place, distilled down into a few images. It’s a fun way to practice my photography, and I hope you enjoy a little armchair travel!

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All content and opinions are solely those of the author (Jack), and not representative of my employer, former employers, clients, anyone in Congress, my family, former college roommates, Baptists, the good citizens of Colorado, or my dog Mabel.