With its lush wooded mountainsides, high alpine passes, lakes and tumbling waterfalls, Summit County is one of my favorite places to photograph people and dogs going on Colorado adventures. This area of the state truly has it all: from cute mountain towns like Breckenridge, Dillon, Frisco and Silverthorne to a plethora of mountain peaks like Grays, Torreys and Grizzly. If you’re looking for that quintessential Rocky Mountain backdrop for dog photography this is your place.

You may recognize these stunning Bearded Collies from a previous photoshoot at Guanella Pass. On this particular morning, Molly was a total trooper and met me at sunrise so we could have this gorgeous mountain top lake all to ourselves. The girls were so fun to work with—posing next to wildflowers, scrambling on rocks and running with wild abandon.