Turquoise Splendor

The turquoise waters of this alpine lake lay only partly hidden below a thin layer of ice.

Pacific Fall

A colorful mix of aspen show off their autumn foliage along Pacific Creed Road.

Golden Aspen 2020

A hillside of aspen turn from yellow to gold overnight. In another two days, these leaves will fall and the landscape will turn mostly brown, ready to feel the embrace of winter's snows.

Alpine Splendor II

A brilliant sunrise highlights the peaks of the Grand Teton, just above this still frozen alpine lake. These are those moments that come along a few times a year, if you are lucky. When everything comes together and your soul is opened.

Sunrise Elk

Elk are skittish by nature and generally quickly flee to the security of the brush and nearby woodlands except when the sun is well past the horizon.

Pacific Vista

Pines, willows and aspen create an autumn montage near Pacific Creek.

Grizzly 610 Family Time

Grizzly 610 looks down the hillside and into Pacific Creek as her two cubs, now more than two years old, forage on autumn roots.

Early Aspen Light

A grove of aspens show off their early yellow foliage against a morning sky.

Alpine Sunrise

Coated in ice, a high alpine lake reflects the glow or morning's first light, below the peak of the Grand.

A View of Heaven

Shortly after sunrise, the highest peak of the Teton Range, the Grand, stands almost 14,000 feet high, or 3000 feet above this frozen alpine lake.

First Snowfall

The first snow of mid autumn still clings to the upper reaches of the Grand Teton peak, catching the first warming light of a new dawn.

Worth the Wait

It takes a long and steep climb to reach the upper realms of the Grand, the highest peak in the Teton range. But a sunrise like this make you forget the hard work, and almost forget the cold that froze this lake overnight.

Heavenly Reach

The peak of the Grand stretches to the heavens above.

A Place to Be

The splendor of this hidden alpine lake, that cannot be reach by any maintained trail, is a stunning reminder of the truth that preservation of these national parks is the greatest gift we can give the next generation.

Sunrise Reflections at 9000'

Sunrise Reflectons

What Do I Hear?

Grizzly bear 610 listens intently for a rodent moving below a field of dried grasses.

Grizzly View

Grizzly 610 stands to get a better look at her trailing two cubs.

Autumn View

An early snow has coated the Teton Range above the still colorful ridges below.

Along the Ridge

A bull moose strides across a ridge with the Teton Range rising behind.

Keeping Watch

Grizzly 399 watches over her four growing cubs.

Autumn 2020

A colorful grove of aspens and pine mix near Two Ocean lake.

Aspen in Black and White

There is a timeless quality to aspen groves, especially when viewed without the glitter and distraction of autumn's glow.

Last Leaves

A few final fading leaves of fall cling in this grove of aspens.

Oxbow Rays

Shadows and light on Oxbow Bend, with Mount Moran looming above.

Solitude High In the Tetons

A panoramic sweep at this alpine lake at sunrise.

Icy Reach

Last night's cold has frozen this alpine lake for the first time this fall. Soon it will freeze and stay frozen until next April or May.

Ahead of the Storm

Grizzly 399 leads her quad cubs across a fall meadow with the Teton Mountain Range rising behind. For more than two decades 399 has symbolized the great west.

Grizzly 399 March

Below the smoke from California's wildfires and advancing clouds of a late autumn storm, Grizzly bear 399 leads her quad cubs.

Grizzly 399 Approach

Grizzly 399 leads her quad cubs from the nearby forest into the open meadows across Pilgrim Creek.

Grizzly 399 Heads Home

Grizzly 399 and her four cubs cross Pilgrim road.

399 and Her Fab Four

Grizzly 399 and her four cubs cross Pilgrim road. Over the summer months 399 has led her cubs in a never ending search for food.

Grizzly Parade

Against an autumn backdrop, grizzly 399 leads her parade, with four rapidly growing cubs dutifully in line.

Phelps View

The shores of Phelps Lake have turned a vibrant red this late September afternoon.

Halfway

A Canadian goose swims alone in the shadows of Oxbow Bend. Fall's peak has come and gone and in a few days, most of the remaining leaves of aspen will have fallen.