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Photos: Autumn in Routt County

Andy Bockelman, John F. Russell
Steamboat Pilot & Today
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The bright colors of fall were easy to see on the Jackson County side Rabbit Ears Pass near Muddy Pass Lake on Friday, Sept. 19. 2025. The shades of fall have arrived in Northwest Colorado painting the landscape in shades of green, yellow and orange.
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The landscape around Rabbit Ears pass was a patchwork of yellow, orange and green on Friday Sept. 19, 2025. The shades of fall have arrived in northwest Colorado.
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An eagle, framed the changing leaves of Aspen trees, takes flight Friday near the shores of Muddle Pass Lake in Jackson County.
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Brightly colored Aspen trees fill the landscape in Jackson County near Muddy Pass Lake. The shades of fall have arrived in Northwest Colorado, painting the landscape in shades of green, yellow and orange.
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The view of trees along U.S. Highway 40 on Sept. 13, 2025 demonstrates the weeks in which summer scenery suddenly changes into fall colors.
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A variety of colors are on display Sept. 10 on the eastern edge of Rabbit Ears Pass where Routt and Grand counties meet.
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The wildlife sculpture “Autumn Majesty” by Curtis Zabel stands on the edge of the pond at Steamboat Springs’ West Lincoln Park.
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