Around Aspenglen Campground

[CaraRose]

Shots from around the campground

1 Tent sweet tent.


2 Storm clouds rolling in


3 Blanket flower


4 Fall River rapids


5


6


7


8 Pine Beetle destruction


9 Wild Geranium


10 Black Eyed Susans


11 Paintbrush


12 Ladybeetle


13 Comma


14 Geometer Moth of some sort?


15. Ruddy Copper butterfly


16


17 Little Blue


18


19 Bee... anyone know what kind?


20 Another Blanketflower


21 Bumblebee


22 Fox behind our campsite.


23 Junco


24

[Eric D]

Beautiful country and nice captures!!

[Singletracklovr]

Beautiful series. I really like the composition of #7

I had no idea the beetle kill had made it into the NP, that sucks. The whole Western slope is one lightning strike away from one of the largest forest fires this country has ever seen.

[CaraRose]

Thanks Eric, Bob.

I'd say in the eastern side there was 30-50% dead trees. The western side looked more like 80-100%. From what I heard, they've started selectively treating trees to try and save them. Glacier Basin campground has lost most of its trees. Timber Ridge campground on the west side has no trees left in or around the campground. It looked like an RV park, very depressing.

The park also was taking down dead trees. I can't imagine the build of of tinder in unmanaged areas.

[paulnj]

is it pine bark beetles doing the damage?

Great series of images and what a beautiful area.