A pull over on the road looking over the same headwater area of the Rip Grande that I photographed from lower elevation.
As you move further up the pass you come to what is called the most photographed waterfall in Colorado North Clear Creek Falls It is an open high mountain meadow area with a creek meandering through that just suddenly an unexpectedly drops off a steep cliff that looks like it doesn’t belong there. We couldn’t drive into the normal area because they were apparently redoing it, it was unclear exactly what they were doing but with it being Sunday there was no actual work going on, which was good as they were not whipping dust up into the air. We had to park out on the dirt road and walk in to even see there was a falls there.
This is where we parked looking away from the falls
First good view of the falls. There were some rocks you can get up and to see the falls before this point but there was a photographer up there with a huge set up. He was the type that you get the feeling he just needed attention so he brought a truckload of equipment to look important LOL I mean hey he was there midday when the light is not ideal so if he was a pro with lots of time he would have been there at first light since thunderstorms were predicted for late day. I just hate those kind of pompous people in general and even more when they call themselves photographers. I headed down the trail and actually preferred some of the views down the trail than where he was anyway. But he wouldn’t have gotten any attention down the trail 
This one I backed off to show the open high mountain area
In this one I liked the rock at the right
The trail wound around to follow the canyon a little ways
I took so many that it was hard to pick my favorite but I like the ones that capture the creek continuing on down through the frame.
I zoomed in on these black rocks that captured my attention
