RM: In the Field - Rocky Mountains

Sunny Walter's Nature Photography Locations

In the Field - Rocky Mountains

Reports from Photographers for Photographers:
Where and When to Go for Spectacular Photo Ops

Colorado
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External Links (each opens in a new window) Note: Wildlife Watcher is gone due to the death of Bill Silliker, Jr. I am saving these titles in case it is resurrected
Wildlife Locations (primarily) James Ownby Colorado Birds [May, 2004] Bighorn Sheep Viewing New 1/15/10 Georgetown Wildlife Viewing Area Dept of Wildlife Festivals Colorado Discoveries Autumn in Rocky Mountain Park (elk) Weldon Lee Nature Photographer Magazine Mount Evans Wilderness Area Bob Smith [May, 2005] WildlifeWatcher.com Arapaho NWR -- Cathy & Gordon Illg Mt Evans Wilderness -- Dave Zawalski Monte Vista NWR -- Matt Patterson Rocky Mountain NP -- Dave Zawalski Go To Top	Scenic Locations (primarily) Andy Cook (samples from his guide) Colorado Autumn Foliage Colorado Wildflowers Garden of the Gods Sprague Lake, Rocky Mountain NP James Ownby Rocky Mountain Wildflowers [July, 2003] Kenneth Wyatt Central Colorado Fall Loop Tour [1998] Pikes Peak Region Loop Tour [1998] San Juan Skyway in Fall Fall Color - Pikes Peak Region [1998] Roadside Wildflowers of Teller County (MS Word) Scott Bacon Dominguez Canyon Marble, CO Fall Colors Niwot Ridge [Nov, 2005] Marble, CO Fall Colors Rocky Mountain NP Day Hike [2002] Black Rabbit Productions List of Articles Alberta Falls, Mills Lake, Black Lake, Rocky Mtn NP -- Peter B. O'Neil [2004] Arches of Rattlesnake Canyon -- Steve Traudt [1997] Dream Lake in Winter -- Peter B. O'Neil [Winter, 2002] Fall Color Trip: Front Range -- Peggy O'Neil [Fall, 2000] Rocky Mtn Park in Winter -- Peggy O'Neil Sprague Lake, Rocky Mtn NP -- Andy Cook [2001] Colorado Discoveries Dinosaur NM -- Bones, RockArt and Sculpted Landscapes Nancy and David Muenker [Jan, 2004] Colorado Nature Photographers.net Dinosaur NM -- Darren Kilgore Dominguez Canyons -- Scott Bacon Garden of the Gods -- James Chinnick Holy Cross Wilderness -- Martin Beebee Kebler Pass (2003 Fall Color Event) -- Bret Edge Pawnee Nat. Grassland -- Rick Dunn Rattlesnake Canyon -- Matt Johnson Rocky Mountain NP -- Scott Bacon Rocky Mountain NP in Winter -- Tom Mangan Colorado Urban Wildlife Photography Club Top Colorado Photo Spots Newsletter articles on favorite places (other issues have additional locations and tours) St. Vrain State Park, Barbour Ponds (birds, deer) Barbara Rich [Feb, 2004] Texas Wildflowers [April, 2004] (also grouse display locations) Dubois, WY - Bighorn Sheep Center Bob Dean [July, 2004] Naturescapes.net Pawnee National Grasslands -- Robert Palmer Nature Photographer Magazine Dinosaur National Monument Paul O'Brien [Feb, 2004] Nature Photographers Online Magazine Garden of the Gods -- Kenneth Wyatt Garden of the Gods -- Jim Greenwood Great Sand Dunes -- Efraín M. Padró Mesa Verde National Park -- Phillip Noll [July, 2004] Outdoor Photographer Garden of the Gods Kenneth Wyatt [July, 2004] Rocky Mountains Adam Crawford [2008] Photo Safaris Colorado Fall Color [Oct, 2005] PhotoTravel.com Fall Color in Colorado [1999] PhotoTripUSA Colorado High Country in Fall -- David Henderson [Apr, 2001]
To See Other Nature Location Recommendations, Go to Rocky Mountain Nature Weekends

Idaho
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Wildlife Locations (primarily) Go To Top	Scenic Locations (primarily) Twin Falls -- Chris Nicholson
To See Other Nature Location Recommendations, Go to Rocky Mountain Nature Weekends

Montana
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Wildlife Locations (primarily) Apogee Photo Magazine KooKooSint Bighorn Sheep Viewing Area -- Andy Long [Jul, 2001] PhotoFocus National Bison Range -- Scott Bourne and Carolyn Wright [Sept, 2004] WildlifeWatcher.com Bowdoin NWR -- Bill Morgenstern Yellowstone NP (see Wyoming) Go To Top	Scenic Locations (primarily) Glacier/Waterton NP -- Kaz Takahashi Nature Photographer Magazine Glacier NP -- Lonnie Brock [Sep-Oct, 2000] Outdoor Photographer Makoshika SP -- Salvatore Vasapolli [Apr, 2003] Terry Badlands (BLM) -- Carol Polich [Nov, 2004] PhotoTravel.com Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier Np [1997]

Utah
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Wildlife Locations (primarily) Bear River National Migratory Bird Refuge -- Brian E. Small Don Baccus Bear River NWR [1996] On Location at the Bear River Bird Refuge: Spring -- Don Getty (click on images for where) Apogee Photo Magazine "To photograph avocets, you might want to try a trip to an avocet "hot spot." Near Brigham City in northern Utah, Bear River National Wildlife Refuge is home to upwards of 5,000 breeding pairs of avocets. They can readily be found scattered along the twelve mile auto tour." [May, 2001] Andy Long WildlifeWatcher.com Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge -- Cathy and Gordon Illg Go To Top	Scenic Locations (primarily) Don Baccus Arches NP [1997] Apogee Photo Magazine Alabama Hills -- Robert Hitchman [Jun-Jul, 1999] Great Gallery of Horseshoe Canyon -- Robert Hitchman [Mar-Apr, 1997] Grand Staircase-Escalante NM -- Robert Hitchman [Sep-Oct, 1998] Colorado Plateau, Part 1 -- Noella Ballenger and Jalien Tulley [Nov-Dec, 1998] Colorado Plateau, Part 2 -- Noella Ballenger and Jalien Tulley [Jan-Feb, 1999] Grand Staircase-Escalante NM -- Robert Hitchman [Sep-Oct, 1998] Southern Utah -- Michael Goldstein [Apr, 2004] Black Rabbit Productions List of Articles Arches NP -- Peggy O'Neil [Jun, 1998] Naturescapes.net Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park -- E.J. Peiker Nature Photographers Online Magazine Autumn in Zion -- Jim Greenwood Grand Staircase, Escalante NM -- Jim Greenwood White Rim Road, Canyonlands NP -- Jim Greenwood Outdoor Photographer Cedar Breaks NM Mark Wilcox [Dec, 2005] Lost World of Glen Canyon James Kay [Oct, 2005] Arches & Canyonlands Glenn Randall [2008] Devils Garden Bob Smart [2008] Photograph America Newsletter Robert Hitchman Grand Staircase - Escalante NM [Mar-Apr, 1998] Mule Canyon Ruins on Cedar Mesa Index of Newsletters by Region Locations Month-by-Month PhotoTravel.com Amphitheater, Bryce Canyon NP [1997] Grand Staircase-Escalante NM [1997] PhotoTripUSA Capital Reef Virtual Tour -- Laurent Martres [Dec, 1998] PhotoFocus Zion NP in Autumn -- Rod Barbee WildThingsPhoto -- Therasa Husarik Capital Reef NP [Nov, 1999] Devil's Garden, Escalante [Jan, 2004] Kodachrome Basin SP [Jan, 1999] Red Pine Lake, Wasatch Mtns [Aug, 1999] Sand Island & Edge of the Cedars SP [Apr, 1998 -- rock art]
To See Other Nature Location Recommendations, Go to Rocky Mountain Nature Weekends

Wyoming
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Wildlife Locations (primarily) Elk in the Fall -- Yellowstone NP -- Rick Hobbs James Ownby Yellowstone and Tetons [January 2006] Grand Teton NP -- Lee Rentz On Location in the Tetons and Yellowstone -- Don Getty (click on images for where) National Wildlife Magazine Where to See Animals On the Move "The Green River Basin in western Wyoming is the stage for the semi-annual pronghorn migration, where thousands find themselves slowed considerably at bottlenecks along their routes. The most notorious of these is Trapper’s Point, a half-mile constriction just west of Pinedale. Squeezed by topography, roads, fences and housing, the migrating pronghorn and mule deer alike can bunch up dramatically on one side of Highway 191 before slipping across. The pronghorn, unlike the deer, tend to cross 191 in daylight, when they’re easier to see. The fall migration at Trapper’s Point usually peaks in early November, and the spring return trip in late April, depending on snow and other weather conditions." Naturescapes.net Yellowstone NP -- Mark Van Bergh [Nov, 2004] Winter in Yellowstone Tom Vezo [Feb, 2008] WildlifeWatcher.com Yellowstone NP -- Bill Silliker Grand Teton NP -- Bill Silliker	Scenic Locations (primarily) Scott Wheeler Tetons and Lupine Mt Washburn Wildflowers Naturescapes.net Grand Teton NP -- E.J. Peiker Yellowstone in the Fall Mark Van Bergh [Nov, 2004] Outdoor Photographer Hot Spots for Spring & Fall Simon Wakelin PhotoTravel.com Yellowstone NP [1997] Go To Top

Alberta, Canada
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Wildlife Locations (primarily) Naturescapes.net Elk Island NP, Fort Saskatchewan -- Paul Skoczylas Jasper National Park -- Paul Skoczylas [2005] WildlifeWatcher.com Banff NP -- Matt Patterson Jasper NP -- Matt Patterson	Scenic Locations (primarily) PhotoFocus Waterton NP -- Victoria Dye [2005] PhotoTravel.com Banff Township, Banff NP Outdoor Photographer Waterton Lakes NP -- Rick Brown [April, 2004] Banff, Jaskper, & Yoho (BC) -- James Kay [2008] Go To Top

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