Hanging Lake in Winter

Hello, last week Geri and I hiked up to Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon on our way home from Aspen. The lake and Spouting Rock, which is above the lake, is an amazing area to explore at any time of the year. It's about a mile straight up and when it is covered in snow and ice you need to be prepared, with hiking poles and in Geri's case, Yak Trax. Yak Trax pull over your hiking boots and give you traction on slippery surfaces.
Cheers, Kent

Ski Tip Lodge at Keystone Wedding

Hello, a few weeks ago I helped my good friend and fellow wedding photographer, Sean Cayton, photograph a fun wedding at the Ski Tip Lodge at Keystone. Sean Cayton.
Bonnie and Erin planned their destination winter wedding at Keystone because they love to snowboard.
It was a beautiful and almost warm day followed late evening snow storm which worked out perfect as couple had plans to go skiing/snowboarding the next day with family and friends.
CLICK HERE to see a slideshow: Winter Wedding at Keystone.
Cheers, Kent

Extreme Winter Sports

Hello, last weekend I was hired by Alex, a bride from one of my weddings last summer, to go along with her husband Jay and his buddies into the mountains on their snowmobiles to the top of the continental divide where they snowboard or ski down extreme chutes and off cliffs. Alex gave this photo session to Jay as his birthday present last November.
Wow, what an experience! Click here for an Extreme slideshow. Extreme slideshow. It was quite a ride just to get to the top and then the wind was blowing at times 40-50 MPH as these guys negotiated which chute they wanted to drop into. Jay listened to the song White Wedding by Billy Idol as he made his first run so that is the song on the slideshow! Don't worry no one was hurt during this adventure and please don't try this unless you are ready to turn Pro.
After a few runs from the top and grilled bratwursts for lunch, they decided to jump off some cliffs in a gladed area to finish off the day before the sun went down.
If you would like to see Jay and Alex's wedding slideshow click here, Jay and Alex wedding. And if you want to see their engagement session which was shot on one of the coldest days last winter click here, Jay and Alex engagement.
Thanks for another wonderful photographic experience Alex/Jay.
Cheers, Kent

Welcome to Winter in Colorado

Here are a few pictures from a somewhat recent trip to the mountains around Aspen and Basalt. Colorado is having a record breaking snow year, at least in the mountains. It can be fun if you like to play in the snow but it can also make for a long winter and the spring melt will be interesting. For me there is something special about being in the mountains during the winter. Colorado is at the top of the water chain because the Continental Divide, the main series of mountain ridges in North America, forms a watershed that separates the rivers flowing east into the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico from those flowing west into the Pacific Ocean. The last three pictures are our friends Nancy and Ray Broome with their Golden Retrievers, Brandy and Marley, and Geri is the one scraping the ice off the windshield. Cheers, Kent