Jeff Goulden San Juan Mountains Pictures, Images and Stock Photos

Dallas Peak at 13,815' above sea level is a rock summit in the San Juan mountains of southern Colorado near the Continental Divide. The wide-open landscape is surrounded by many peaks approaching 14,000'. This photograph of a young woman hiker and her dog was taken from the high meadows above Blue Lake in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness near Ridgway, Colorado, USA.

A young woman hiker and her companion dog look out over the San Juan Mountains from 12,000' Columbine Lake Pass in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

Snowdon Peak in San Juan County is a 13,077-foot mountain located in the Weminuche Wilderness of the San Juan National Forest. It is part of the Rocky Mountains of North America and is located nine miles west of the Continental Divide. The mountain is named after Mount Snowdon, the highest point in Wales. Snowdon Peak is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone. It receives precipitation almost all year in the form of rain or snow. The rain and snowmelt drain into tributaries of the Animas River, which is part of the Colorado River System. This view of Snowdon Peak was photographed from Little Molas Lake by the 500-mile-long Colorado Trail near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

Snowdon Peak in San Juan County is a 13,077-foot mountain located in the Weminuche Wilderness of the San Juan National Forest. It is part of the Rocky Mountains of North America and is located nine miles west of the Continental Divide. The mountain is named after Mount Snowdon, the highest point in Wales. Snowdon Peak is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone. It receives precipitation almost all year in the form of rain or snow. The rain and snowmelt drain into tributaries of the Animas River, which is part of the Colorado River System. This view of Snowdon Peak was photographed from Little Molas Lake by the 500-mile-long Colorado Trail near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. The snow capped Sneffels Range was photographed from the Dallas Creek Valley in the Uncompahgre National Forest near Ridgway, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This wide-open landscape, at an elevation of 11,400 feet above sea level, is well above timberline. This woman hiker was photographed crossing a meadow at Lower Ice Lake Basin in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This wide-open landscape, at 12,300, is well above timberline. The young woman was photographed while hiking on the Colorado Trail near Molas Pass, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This wide-open landscape, at 12,300, is well above timberline. The young woman and her dog were photographed at Upper Ice Lake in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The North American Beaver (Castor Canadensis) is the second-largest rodent in the world. It is a primarily nocturnal, semiaquatic animal known for creating ponds by building dams. They also build canals and the lodges that they live in. There is considerable beaver activity along the streams of the high elevation mountains of the San Juan Range in southern Colorado. This view of North Twilight Peak reflected in a beaver pond was photographed near the Potato Lake Trail in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

Coal Bank Pass, elevation 10,610 feet, is a mountain pass on the Million Dollar Highway in the San Juan Mountains. This scene of Twilight Peak was photographed from Coal Bank Pass in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

Dallas Peak at 13,815' above sea level is a rock summit in the San Juan mountains of southern Colorado near the Continental Divide. The wide-open landscape is surrounded by many peaks approaching 14,000'. This photograph of a young woman hiker and her dog was taken from the high meadows above Blue Lake in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness near Ridgway, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This wide-open landscape, at 12,300, is well above timberline. The photograph was taken from Upper Ice Lake in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This high altitude range is known for its wide-open landscape and abundant wildflowers. This meadow of dandelions was found below Potato Hill in the San Juan National Forest, Colorado, USA.

Bridal Veil Falls is a 365-foot waterfall on the San Miguel River which flows out of the San Juan Mountains. The falls are at 10,279 feet above sea level at the end of the box canyon overlooking Telluride, Colorado, USA.

The name Uncompahgre comes from a Ute Indian word, which translates to "dirty water," "red lake," or "red water spring". It may refer to the many hot springs in the Ouray area. The Uncompahgre River is a 75-mile-long tributary of the Gunnison River which flows out of the San Juan Mountains at 12,215 ft Lake Como. The Uncompahgre is on the west side of the Continental Divide and flows past Ouray, Ridgway, Montrose, and Olathe, joining the Gunnison River in Delta. The Gunnison is a major tributary of the Colorado River system. In this scene, the Uncompahgre River was photographed as it passes through a narrow gorge in Ouray, Colorado, USA.

A young woman hiker and her companion dog look out over the San Juan Mountains from 12,000' Columbine Lake Pass in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

A young woman and her dog hike the Colorado Trail in the San Juan National Forest, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This wide-open landscape, at 12,300, is well above timberline. The young woman and her dog were photographed on the way to Upper Ice Lake in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The historic San Juan County Courthouse was built in 1908. The courthouse is located in Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The Claret Cup Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) gets its Latin name from the Greek echinos, meaning "a hedgehog," and cereus meaning "a wax taper." In naming the plant, the early Europeans thought that the spiny plant resembled a hedgehog and the plant’s shape resembled a taper. Triglochidialus means "three barbed bristles.” This refers to the spines arranged in clusters of three. The claret cup name is from the reddish, cup-shaped flowers. The claret cup stems are clumped together which reduces the amount of surface area exposed to heat loss. This enables the cacti to grow at high elevations such as in the San Juan Mountains. This claret cup cactus was photographed at 7,792 feet above sea level in the Uncompahgre National Forest near Ouray, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This meadow of False Hellebore was photographed along the Colorado Trail in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

Snowdon Peak in San Juan County is a 13,077-foot mountain located in the Weminuche Wilderness of the San Juan National Forest. It is part of the Rocky Mountains of North America and is located nine miles west of the Continental Divide. The mountain is named after Mount Snowdon, the highest point in Wales. Snowdon Peak is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone. It receives precipitation almost all year in the form of rain or snow. The rain and snowmelt drain into tributaries of the Animas River, which is part of the Colorado River System. This view of Snowdon Peak was photographed from Little Molas Lake by the 500-mile-long Colorado Trail near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

Little Molas Lake is a pristine sub-alpine lake in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. The lake is near the 500 mile Colorado Trail which goes from Denver to Durango along the Continental Divide of the USA.

Large boulders known as glacial erratics, are evidence of past ice ages. These boulders are deposited by the constant downhill movement of the glacier and left exposed as the glacier recedes. This glacial erratic was found at Upper Ice Lake in the San Juan mountains of southern Colorado. The San Juans are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This wide-open landscape, at 12,300, is well above timberline. This photograph was taken from Upper Ice Lake in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

Little Molas Lake is a pristine sub-alpine lake in the San Juan National Forest of Colorado. The lake is near the 500 mile Colorado Trail which goes from Denver to Durango along the Continental Divide of the USA.

Large boulders known as glacial erratics, are evidence of past ice ages. These boulders are deposited by the constant downhill movement of the glacier and left exposed as the glacier recedes. This glacial erratic was found at Upper Ice Lake in the San Juan mountains of southern Colorado. The San Juans are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This wide-open landscape, at 12,300, is well above timberline. This photograph was taken from Upper Ice Lake in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This meadow of False Hellebore was photographed along the Colorado Trail in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

Snowdon Peak in San Juan County is a 13,077-foot mountain located in the Weminuche Wilderness of the San Juan National Forest. It is part of the Rocky Mountains of North America and is located nine miles west of the Continental Divide. The mountain is named after Mount Snowdon, the highest point in Wales. Snowdon Peak is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone. It receives precipitation almost all year in the form of rain or snow. The rain and snowmelt drain into tributaries of the Animas River, which is part of the Colorado River System. This view of Snowdon Peak was photographed from Little Molas Lake by the 500-mile-long Colorado Trail near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

Little Molas Lake is a pristine sub-alpine lake in the San Juan National Forest of Colorado. The lake is near the 500 mile Colorado Trail which goes from Denver to Durango along the Continental Divide of the USA.

Snowdon Peak in San Juan County is a 13,077-foot mountain located in the Weminuche Wilderness of the San Juan National Forest. It is part of the Rocky Mountains of North America and is located nine miles west of the Continental Divide. The mountain is named after Mount Snowdon, the highest point in Wales. Snowdon Peak is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone. It receives precipitation almost all year in the form of rain or snow. The rain and snowmelt drain into tributaries of the Animas River, which is part of the Colorado River System. This view of Snowdon Peak was photographed from Little Molas Lake by the 500-mile-long Colorado Trail near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide of the Rocky Mountains. This woman hiker is walking through a meadow of False Hellebore on the way to Upper Ice Lake Basin in the San Juan National Forest, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This wide-open landscape, at 12,300, is well above timberline. The young woman and her dog were photographed while she was preparing food at Lower Ice Lake in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This wide-open landscape, at an elevation of 11,400 feet above sea level, is well above timberline. This woman hiker was photographed crossing a meadow at Lower Ice Lake Basin in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This wide-open landscape, at 12,300, is well above timberline. The photograph was taken from Upper Ice Lake in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This meadow of False Hellebore was found below Columbine Lake in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The confluence of muddy colored Cement Creek and the Animas River was photographed in Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. The snow capped Sneffels Range was photographed from the Dallas Creek Valley in the Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. The snow capped Sneffels Range was photographed from the Dallas Creek Valley in the Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This meadow and view of a tree snag was photographed from the Colorado Trail in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The confluence of muddy colored Cement Creek and the Animas River was photographed in Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This meadow and view of Sultan Mountain and Grand Turk Mountain was photographed from the Colorado Trail in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

A young woman is hiking with her dog along the Hutton Mine Trail in the Uncompahgre National Forest near Ouray, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This wide-open landscape, at 12,300, is well above timberline. The young woman and her dog were photographed while hiking on the Colorado Trail near Molas Pass, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This wide-open landscape, at 12,000, is well above timberline. The photograph was taken from Columbine Lake Pass in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This wide-open landscape, at 12,000, is well above timberline. The view of Red Mountain was taken from Columbine Lake Pass in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This wide-open landscape, at 12,693, is well above timberline. The photograph was taken from Columbine Lake in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This wide-open landscape, at an elevation of 11,400 feet above sea level, is well above timberline. This meadow was photographed at Lower Ice Lake Basin in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

Molas Pass, at 10,910', is a high mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains of Western Colorado, USA. The pass which is part of the "Million Dollar Highway" offers sweeping vistas of the San Juan Mountains. The pass is also near the 500 mile Colorado Trail which goes from Denver to Durango along the Continental Divide of the USA.

Molas Pass, at 10,910', is a high mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains of Western Colorado, USA. The pass which is part of the "Million Dollar Highway" offers sweeping vistas of the San Juan Mountains. The pass is also near the 500 mile Colorado Trail which goes from Denver to Durango along the Continental Divide of the USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This wide-open landscape, at an elevation of 11,400 feet above sea level, is well above timberline. This meadow was photographed at Lower Ice Lake Basin in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This wide-open landscape, at 12,300, is well above timberline. This young woman hiker was photographed while standing on a glacial erratic by Upper Ice Lake in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This wide-open landscape, at 11,570 feet elevation, is well above timberline. The photograph was taken from Middle Blue Lake in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness near Ridgway, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This wide-open landscape, at an elevation of 11,400 feet above sea level, is well above timberline. This meadow was photographed at Lower Ice Lake Basin in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This wide-open landscape, at 12,300, is well above timberline. The young woman and her dog were photographed at Upper Ice Lake in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

Molas Pass, at 10,910', is a high mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains of Western Colorado, USA. The pass which is part of the "Million Dollar Highway" offers sweeping vistas of the San Juan Mountains. The pass is also near the 500 mile Colorado Trail which goes from Denver to Durango along the Continental Divide of the USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This wide-open landscape, at 12,300, is well above timberline. The photograph was taken from Upper Ice Lake in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This meadow of False Hellebore was found below Columbine Lake in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

The San Juans in southern Colorado are a high altitude range of mountains that straddle the Continental Divide. This wide-open landscape, at 12,000, is well above timberline. The photograph was taken from Columbine Lake Pass in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

A young woman hiker and her companion dog look out over the San Juan Mountains from 12,000' Columbine Lake Pass in the San Juan National Forest near Silverton, Colorado, USA.

Molas Pass, at 10,910', is a high mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains of Western Colorado, USA. The pass which is part of the "Million Dollar Highway" offers sweeping vistas of the San Juan Mountains. The pass is also near the 500 mile Colorado Trail which goes from Denver to Durango along the Continental Divide of the USA.