About This Site
I created www.thespiritoftherockies.net in 2003 to share my hiking and photography experiences. Most of the site's content features the Rocky Mountain National Park region, a place I have been visiting all of my life.

I built this site from scratch and do my best to find time to maintain it with fresh content. Hopefully, visitors to this site can feel some of the spirit of the great places in the Rockies, even when it is impossible to be there in person.
I am currently using Canon digital cameras (a newer 5D and an older Digital Rebel) and lenses that range from 10mm to 500mm. With modern software, many post-production options are available to photographers. My personal philosophy is to make minimal use of software and only try to reproduce the natural light and color of the original scene. I prefer to remain true to Nature rather than altering images in the name of artistic statement.
All photographs on the website are my own, and therefore protected by copyright laws. All images were either captured with digital equipment or developed to print film, then scanned into electronic format. Rights to commerical use of copyrighted images are available by contacting me through the E-mail link. Spirit of the Rockies, Inc., which I founded in 2005, also offers professional photography services.
The information in the hike profiles is based on personal hiking experiences, as well as published information in several works. The most valuable resources in putting this information together are cited in the Links section of this site.

Any visitor to the site that would like more information or detail on a particular hike or photograph is welcome to e-mail me through the E-mail link.
Thank you for visiting!
Mike Amfahr
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All photographs and images are property of Mike Amfahr (unless otherwise noted) and are protected by copyright laws.