RHH's photos with the keyword: colorado blue columbine

Photographed near Cathedral Lake in the Colorado Rockies, this is the state flower of Colorado and one of its most beautiful wildflowers.

This Colorado Blue Columbine was photographed above Snowmass Lake in the Colorado Rockies in 2020 while backpacking there.

Photographed near Cathedral Lake in the Colorado Rockies, Aquilegia coerulea is one of the most beautiful wildflowers of the Rockies.

These Colorado Blue Columbine were photographed near Cathedral Lake in the Colorado Rockies.

After hiking the trails around Maroon Lake we had lunch in the picnic area and photographed there these Colorado Blue Columbine. We agreed that we had never seen such a dark blue specimen of these wonderful wildflowers.

This is the Colorado Blue Columbine, Aquilegia caerulea, photographed in the area of Maroon Lake in the Colorado Rockies. We would see this beautiful wildflower in abundance while backpacking in the Maroon Bells.

This is the Colorado Blue Columbine, Aquilegia caerulea, photographed in the area of Maroon Lake in the Colorado Rockies.

This is the Colorado Blue Columbine, Aquilegia caerulea, photographed in the area of Maroon Lake in the Colorado Rockies.

The wildflowers we saw while hiking in the Colorado Rockies were unbelievable. Many of the mountain meadows were like gardens. I haven't posted any photos yet of them, but we saw Indian Paintbrush in every imaginable shade and many flowers, too, that we did not recognize and still have to identify. My favorite, though, is the Blue Columbine, a wildflower I had not seen for many years and was delighted to see again. This example was photographed near Maroon Lake.