Aspen Gold is covering the mountains

It's that fabulous time of year again when the aspens cover the 14ers and the Arkansas River Valley with gold. They started last week up at tree line about 11,500 ft and each day the color moves a bit further down. We expect that  we'll have 2 more good weeks of color, so if you have the chance, get away and see the best the Rockies have to offer. One area between Buena Vista and Salida, Aspen Ridge, is one of the largest Aspen groves in the country, and you can drive right into the midst of all of this golden splendor....

Tomorrow our guests are climbing either Mt. Yale or Mt. Harvard.... both are part of the Collegiate Peaks, right outside our west windows.They'll be hiking through many Aspen groves on their way, and if they get good photos, we'll post them tomorrow night, just before we massage them.

Colleen Finley and William McQueen Innkeepers Las Manos B&B Buena Vista Colorado