An aspen leaf hangs from a tree as the bright yellow landscape of Rabbit Ears Pass fills the background on Oct. 2, 2023. John F. Russell/Steamboat Pilot & Today Light hits Peak 8 in Breckenridge as ...

Dan West spends months in late summer flying over the state's 24 million acres of forests to check on tree health. So yeah, he's the aspen go-to guy.

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Aspen trees can thrive in a variety of conditions including sandy soil, gravel, dry grasslands and elevations from 6,500 feet to 11,500 feet. But one thing they cannot go without is abundant sunshine.

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Aspen trees, he said, are capitalizing on a significant amount of precipitation that occurred throughout the spring and summer. "In previous years, we saw extreme and even exceptional drought ...

Peak wildflower season in the high alpine environment is likely about a month away, but wildflowers at lower elevations in the high country are popping amid luxuriant green meadows and aspen trees ...

So I would say that the tree color would be healthy and typical for a fall in northwestern Colorado,” said Samuel Hahn, a forester for the Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District north of Steamboat.