Mid-winter on Blue Valley Ranch
20 Jan 2014
It’s the dead of winter on Blue Valley Ranch, which means lots of snow and lots of cold. The snow...
Tag Archive: landscapes
2013 Fall Colors on Blue Valley Ranch
30 Sep 2013
Fall comes quickly to the high country, and the fall colors usually peak at Blue Valley Ranch around the last...
Spring Snow!
21 Apr 2013
Spring snowstorms often bring much needed moisture to the high country, and this past week we got a big boost...
Aspen Markings – #2
15 Mar 2013
Nature adds its own designs to aspen trunks. Some bear a striking resemblance to familiar objects, in a phenomenon called...
Summer Rain!
17 Jul 2012
The first two weeks of July have offered a welcome relief from an extremely dry, dusty June on Blue Valley...
Aspen Green-up – Spring 2012
01 May 2012
Aspen Green Up – Spring 2012 Due to the below normal snow pack around most of the state, spring came...
Eagle’s Nest
25 Oct 2011
The 13,432-ft Eagles Nest Peak has long been an icon for residents and visitors alike in both Grand and Summit...
Academic Posters
24 Oct 2011
In 2010, Blue Valley Ranch submitted two posters for presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Range Management,...
Quarterly Wildlife Report
24 Jul 2011
Some highlights from the Quarterly Wildlife Report on Blue Valley Ranch: In April the river was brought up to 500cfs....
Spring Flowers
15 May 2011
Pasque flowers (Anemone patens, also Pulsatilla patens) are always the first to come up every year, and their fuzzy stems...