Welcome to the online gallery of mountain photography by Colorado photographer Jack Brauer, featuring a variety of beautiful landscape nature photos made mostly while backpacking or hiking in the wilderness.

Photos from the many mountain ranges of the beautiful state of Colorado, including the San Juan Mountains, Elk Mountains, Sangre de Cristos, Gore Range, Front Range and Indian Peaks, Sawatch Range, Flattops, Black Canyon, and more.

Autumn is arguably the most spectacular season in Colorado, with snow dusted mountains rising above vast forests of golden aspens. In my opinion walking through a grove of golden quaking aspens is one of nature's most beautiful experiences, like entering a …

Photos from the San Juan Mountains in Colorado, near Telluride, Ouray, Silverton, and Durango.

Here you'll find a collection of my favorite photos of the Colorado 14ers; you can also read about some of my 14er summit adventures here. For more information about hiking and climbing the Colorado 14ers, check out 14ers.com.

The Elk Mountains and West Elk Mountains, near the ski towns of Aspen and Crested Butte, are arguably the most beautiful mountains in Colorado. The combination of jagged peaks, multi-colored rocks, expansive fields of wildflowers , and vast groves of aspen make these mountains pure alpine eye candy.

San Juan Mountains, Colorado | 2010 A brilliant sunset beams through the Uncompahgre River valley. The town of Ridgway is located below the sunset; Ouray would be down in the valley to the left.

San Juan Mountains, Colorado | 2020 Overlooking the East and Middle Forks of the Cimarron River. Uncompahgre Peak (the tallest mountain in the San Juans at 14,309 ft.) towers at the head of the East Fork valley on the left.

Aerial photo of Telluride, Colorado, surrounded by rugged peaks, as seen from 37,000 feet in a jet airliner. The slopes of the Telluride ski area are visible above the town, and Mt. Sneffels (14,156 feet) is the peak at lower left bottom.

A spectacular sunset over Ouray, Colorado. The "Amphitheater" is prominent on the right side, with Highway 550 - the "Million Dollar Highway" - below leading eventually to Silverton.