I made a spontaneous trip to the San Juan mountains after reading from some photography friends that a big snowstorm looked to dump a lot of snow in the higher elevations even as the aspen just reached their prime. I have wanted for a long time to photograph the aspen here and this sounded like the perfect time. The first day or two it was dark, windy and cloudy. On day 3 the storm cleared revealing perhaps some of the most stunning landscapes I have ever seen.