The drive up into Chalk Creek Canyon via Chaffee County Road 162 is well-known as a really pretty drive during autumn. As you will note in the photos below, there are many opportunities to photograph a variety of scenes including mountainscapes, aspen groves, historic buildings and more. As of today (9/26), there is still plenty of fall foliage to view - This appears to be the best weekend to view autumn's colors before winter really begins to take over things!

Lastly, I would like to once again plug a myspace page dedicated to St. Elmo. If you're on myspace, you are very welcome to connect with it: www.myspace.com/stelmocolorado.

Thank you for visiting and enjoy the rest of autumn!

All the best,
Steve :)

Photo Gallery

	Heading up Chaffee County Road 162 near Cascade Falls.
	Aspens.
	Lots of autumn color as I continued up the road!
	Looking down at some aspens at the notorious "soft shoulder" near Alpine.
	There are many large aspen groves in this area and I found one particular spot that seemed to really accentuate their yellow leaves.
	Green, red and yellow foliage on the ground.
	Just east of St. Elmo. I included myself in the bottom photo. ;)
	Entering into the village of St. Elmo.
	Two northerly views inside town.
	Lots of fall foliage beside a cabin.
	The St. Elmo schoolhouse.
	The old Stark Building. Just look at how clear and blue the sky is!
	Lots of bright foliage as I headed back east on Chaffee County Road 162.
	On the way back home in Buena Vista, I snapped this photo of some fall foliage below timberline on Mt. Princeton.