BIERSTADT LAKE AND THE MOUNTAINS Size:20x30 FINE ART PAPER With many cup plants in

With many cup plants in bloom on this late July morning at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois

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BIERSTADT LAKE AND THE MOUNTAINS Size:20x30 FINE ART PAPER With many cup plants inIt was a cool August summer morning when I arrived at the trailhead to Bierstadt Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. I started up the steep trail at 5: 15 am to catch the sunrise at the lake and the Continental Divide. It would take me just under an hour to reach the lake. There are numerous switchbacks leading up the mountain through some stands of aspen trees. After about 20 minutes, I no longer needed my headlamp to guide my way up the mountain.