Top Ten Pictures of 2019

Honorable Mentions

Top Ten

10. Looking south from the Crestone Needle (Sangre de Cristo Wilderness, Colorado)

Trip Report: Crestone Needle (Sangre de Cristo Wilderness, Colorado)
Trip date: Sept 14, 2019

To be honest, as a photo this one isn't all that great.  However, the subject was so incredible that I promoted it to the top ten.

Looking south from Crestone Needle. Great Sand Dunes National Park in the distance on the right. (Sangre de Cristo Wilderness, Colorado)

9. Looking North from Jasper Peak (Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado)

Trip report: Upper Storm Lake and Jasper Peak (Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado)
Trip date: Oct 13, 2019

Looking north from Japer Peak towards about half of my LIGANN Traverse route from 2018 in the Indian Peaks Wilderness (Colorado)

8. Sunset on segment 2 of the Colorado Trail (Colorado)

Trip report: Colorado Trail Segment 2/ Little Scraggy Peak (South Platte Area, Colorado)
Trip dates: May 11-12, 2019

Sunset on Segment 2 of the Colorado Trail

7. Looking south through Chisos Basin towards Mexico (Big Bend National Park, Texas)

Trip report: Home on the Range in Big Bend National Park (Texas)
Trip dates: Dec 22-23, 2019

Looking through the Chisos Basin towards Mexico in Big Bend National Park (Texas)

6. Never Summer Range from Parika Lake (Never Summer Wilderness, Colorado)

Trip report: Highs and Lows in the Never Summer Range (RMNP, Colorado)
Trip dates: Aug 31- Sept 02, 2019

Parika Lake overlooking Mt. Cumulus, Mt. Nimbus, Mt. Stratus and Baker Mt. (looking east)

5. Mauna Loa summit cabin at sunset (Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Hawai'i)

Trip report: Mauna Loa (Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Hawai'i)
Trip dates: July 20-22, 2019

Looking east towards the Mauna Loa summit cabin from the rim of the caldera. (Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii)

4. Chinatown from the Manhattan Bridge (New York)

Trip report: What am I doing in NYC (Manhattan, New York)
Trip date: June 16, 2019

3. Waimanu Valley (Hawaii)

Trip report: Waimanu Valley (Northern Coast of Hawaii)
Trip date: July 23-24, 2019

This is as close to a postcard as one of my pictures has ever gotten.

2. Nokhu Crags from Michigan Lakes (Never Summer Range, Colorado)

Trip report: Highs and Lows in the Never Summer Range (RMNP, Colorado)
Trip dates: Aug 31- Sept 02, 2019

1. Longs Peak from the Continental Divide (RMNP, Colorado)

Trip report: Forest Canyon and Hayden Gorge (RMNP, Colorado)
Trip dates: ​Trip date: August 17-19, 2019

My main test for favorite picture of the year is how long I keep it as the desktop background of my work computer.  This one has been there a while.

Longs Peak at sunset from the Continental Divide in Rocky Mountain National Park