This year 2019 was monopolized by my thru-hike of the Continental Divide Trail in pretty much every aspect of my life, including the pictures I took. The 2019 selection belongs entirely to the CDT.

Spring

Big peaks in Glacier, wilderness in The Bob, huge, stormy skies and mosquito hell.

Glacier

Bob Marshall Wilderness

The Montana-Idaho crest

Too late

Summer

Wind River granite towers to the endless flats of the Great Divide Basin, what a contrast! Then rise again to the sea of mountains of the Colorado Rockies, where the storm clouds color the sky every day.

Wind River Range, Wyoming

The Great Divide Basin, Wyoming

Colorado Rockies

Southern San Juan Range, Colorado

Colorado Rockies

Autumn

Shorter days, colder air, oblique lights and the most diverse landscape along the Divide. New tree species too.

New Mexico

Juniper tree

The high desert

Oak trees and fallen leaves

Out of time

The following is my favorite set of bear tracks I met on the trail. Front, back and good mud:

Bear

A CDT blaze oddly shaped by fire. The supporting pine tree was alive and well as were all trees in these woods, the fire had only burnt at floor level:

Blaze after the blaze

Wintry

No winter travel on the CDT but a day-long wintry spell in the San Juan Mountains of Southern Colorado. Gloriously cold and beautiful:

San Juan Range

Thanks mother nature for the beautiful lights.