Mount Sopris Above the Shadow Line

Mount Sopris illuminated by late afternoon light, viewed from Red Mountain Trail, with an angled foreground shadow

Late afternoon on a warm spring day in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, I hiked the steep Red Mountain Trail. I anticipated that the setting sun behind Red Mountain might create some interesting light—and it didn’t disappoint. The sun lit up the snowcapped twin peaks of Mount Sopris, while Red Mountain’s shadow stretched across the foreground, darkening the valley below and the fast-moving Roaring Fork River.

 

Mount Sopris Above the Shadow Line