Today was productive for wildflower photos. The road to Owl Creek Pass and environment is one of my favorite routes within the Uncompagre Mountains of Colorado. Unlike most other routes requiring 4WD and high clearance vehicles, this road is a relatively tame county road, which turns into a marked forest service road and normal vehicles may travel on it safely. I've led many a photo tour through on this route.
To follow this route, start on US Highway 550 north of Ouray, CO, and turn east on County Road 8. Follow this road through farms and ranches until it turns into Forest Service 858/CR8. Proceeding via numerous hairpin turns, you'll wind up to Owl Creek Pass (elevation 10,118). Continue on to Silver Jack Reservoir. If you'd like to make a loop trip, continue north through more farms and ranches to US Highway 50, which heads back to Montrose, then south on US 550 back to your starting point. Otherwise, return the way you came.
One interesting side note, the film True Grit, starring John Wayne, was filmed near the pass (the scene on horseback of him shooting rifles with each hand), as well as the area around Ridgeway, CO.
On to the flowers!
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