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Colorado based adventure photographer 🏔️ 🌲

Denver, CO
Joined March 2012
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Mike Kvackay
11 months
The clearing after the first snowfall of the year is always one of my favorites in Denver
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8 years
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1 year
Strolling through the yellow aspens of never never land 😍
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3 months
Strawberry moon-set at sunrise from 14,200ft this morning. Colorado never disappoints
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1 year
Fall color is starting to pop in Colorado, get it while it’s hot!!
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2 months
Beautiful sunrise this morning from 13k inside Rocky Mountain National Park
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1 year
Video of Havasu Falls from 3/17 as it flashed into the the campground below Supai Village
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23 days
My 14er finisher, Uncompahgre peak. Number 58 of 58. What a journey and incredible experience. More on that later ❤️
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Mike Kvackay
3 years
Nearly froze this morning but got a great photo of Denver with the flatirons and longs peak at sunrise ☀️
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1 year
Fall inside Rocky Mountain National Park looks pretty damn nice doesn’t it!
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4 months
Last minute pivot set the stage for us scrambling up to get this epic sunrise over Boulder
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8 months
Now that was a sunset Denver! Colorado weather showing off tonight
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3 months
It’s very green in the Colorado foothills right now. Love it
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5 months
Blue hour inversion this morning in Golden, Colorado
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9 months
Pretty little sunrise on the way up the incline!
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1 year
Clouds are neat
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2 years
Mt Wilson after a fresh coat of snow a few days ago. Crazy how some of the aspen groves haven’t peaked yet
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2 years
Take 20 seconds to see the sunrise on top of a beautiful fire lookout in Colorado. A beautiful morning above the clouds
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1 year
Red Rocks in the snow is always a magical time ☃️
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1 year
Fall color doing fall color things above 10k
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3 months
Summit of Mt Belford this morning at sunrise. 55 and 56 (Oxford) today means I only have 2 left to complete the full list of Colorado 14ers
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Mike Kvackay
2 years
Early morning sunrise before the monsoon rolls in. 14,238 feet high
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Mike Kvackay
6 months
New snow at @RedRocksCO this morning. Only a few more days til the season begins ☃️
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Mike Kvackay
3 months
Full strawberry moon setting at sunrise from the summit of Grays Peak, Colorado. I also love the mountain shadow created from an atmospheric optic phenomenon
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20 days
Boulder showing off this morning while scrambling above the flatirons
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5 months
Love the frosty tips and cloud inversion over the Denver foothills and @RedRocksCO this morning. This is my favorite weather ever
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Mike Kvackay
8 years
Fireworks for the #Broncos first TD last night! @CBSDenver @visitdenver @Colorado
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1 year
Unique perspective from one of the prettiest alpine lakes in Colorado 🫶
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5 years
Beautiful sunset on the Wasatch this evening #utwx #utah #slc @NWSSaltLakeCity
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4 months
The flatirons are pretty cool. Fun scramble this morning to get this view
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Mike Kvackay
2 years
Summited the infamous Longs Peak this morning for sunrise. Number 27!
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5 years
Golden morning in the foothills of Denver after a nice snowfall! #golden #colorado #cowx
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2 years
A hike this weekend on the continental divide. @breckenridgemtn and @KeystoneMtn in view 😍
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Mike Kvackay
2 years
Fall color is peaking at the bells! Thought I might get a break in the weather to hike Pyramid but looks like it’s shutdown for the season
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2 years
Real life in technicolor 🤣
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1 month
Morning fog over Boulder this mornin’ 😍
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3 months
Today didn’t suck. Colorado eastern plains putting on a show this afternoon
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Mike Kvackay
1 year
Always heed flood warnings! Thankful for a safe evacuation out of Supai thanks to all of the tribe, rangers, police and of course @NWSFlagstaff . Wild to be 10 miles deep in a canyon when a flash flood occurs
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6 years
Sunrise this morning with alpenglow catching the flatirons and Longs Peak 🤘 #Denver #Colorado #COwx
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11 months
Twin lakes, twin peaks and a dash of pumpkin spice fall color 🍁
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5 months
Sunrise over Boulder was quite vibrant this morning 😍
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Mike Kvackay
6 months
I don’t often find myself in the city on a Saturday, but here we are and it’s beautiful. #denver #cowx
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6 years
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1 month
Summit views on top of Mt Sneffles are some of the best in southern Colorado. Looking forward to views like this living rent free in my head 🤝
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1 year
Fall color and lake reflections, can you name a better combo? 🍃
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4 years
One of those I’m lucky moments storm chasing on Friday, June 26. Beautiful supercell near Yoder, CO #cowx #wxtwitter #stormhour
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11 months
Rounding out the weekend with a familiar frame of one of Colorados toughest, and my personal favorite, mountains to climb 🍂
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4 years
Sunrise this morning at the height of the color 😍 #denver #colorado #cowx #stormhour
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6 years
Pikes peak and the Denver skyline this morning at sunrise 🌅 #denver #colorado #cowx #stormhour
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Mike Kvackay
3 years
Have you ever drank a beer in the same place as the photo on the can? Beerception 🤯
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Mike Kvackay
6 years
Last nights Super Wolf Blood Moon over Denver from the foothills. Such a magical event and I was stoked on being out there for it! #SuperWolfBloodMoon #bloodmoon2019 #denver #colorado #stormhour
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8 months
Happy new year! Rang in 2024 with a sunrise summit at 14,271ft. Maybe the first person to summit a 14er in the new year? Had the summit to myself for almost 30 minutes 🤣
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Mike Kvackay
3 years
This weekend did not disappoint Certified leaf-peeper
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1 year
Pretty sick wave? clouds this morning over Longs Peak in RMNP
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2 years
One of the best hikes that I will continually come back to again and again
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Mike Kvackay
5 months
Denver in the distance this morning from Mt Morrison. Kinda wild seeing the snow line as Lakewood got nil but Morrison had a few inches ☃️
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Mike Kvackay
4 years
Sunrise over Denver right now is insane! 😍 #denver #colorado
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Mike Kvackay
3 years
Views from the summit of Mt Antero, elevation 14,275 feet at sunrise yesterday. My 16th 14,000 foot summit. Long day but well worth every once of effort
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3 months
Red Rocks Amphitheater in underneath the glow of Denver’s metropolitan lights 66 degrees at 430am is not a joke 🤣
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It’s summit season! One of my favorite lakes in all of Colorado
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11 months
Fall in [love with] Denver 🍁
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Mike Kvackay
5 years
Trail Ridge Road near the summit taken at approximately 2:00am this morning 🛌 💤 #rmnp #COwx #stormhour
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Mike Kvackay
6 years
Beautiful morning over the foggy west side of Denver metro #cowx #9wx #Denver #colorado
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Mike Kvackay
4 years
The comet tail is pretty sweet #colorado #cowx #NEOWISE
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6 years
Insane morning welcoming back winter. Love it ☃️ #colorado #cowx #indianpeakswilderness #stormhour #9wx
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Mike Kvackay
2 years
There is surprisingly some fun to be had that doesn’t involve sitting in 3 hours of I-70 traffic 😅
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Mike Kvackay
10 months
Sunrise this morning blew the doors off the roof… huh? 🤣
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Mike Kvackay
3 years
Sunrise on the continental divide, seen from Cupid Peak last weekend. Abasin, Keystone and Breck all visible
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4 months
Aurora visible overhead at 330am this morning over Boulder Colorado as I started the Skyline Traverse hike
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Mike Kvackay
18 days
I am now a wildlife photographer ✌️
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16 days
Beautiful view from the summit of 🦬 ⛰️ this morning
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Mike Kvackay
9 years
Rocky Mountain National Park at sunrise @Interior @NatGeoPhotos @JimCantore #photooftheday
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Mike Kvackay
2 years
Little Switzerland of America
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Mike Kvackay
6 years
As I look back through my memories from 2018, this was one I am most proud of. I’ve always wanted to storm chase and finally made that dream a reality this summer. Big thanks to meteorologists @ReedTimmerAccu , @CReppWx , and many others for a guiding hand 🙏🙏 #COwx #stormhour
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6 years
So happy to #OptOutside today rather than go shopping. Where are you adventuring? @RockyNPS @Interior #lakehelene #rmnp #colorado #cowx #stormhour
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2 years
Bryce Canyon in a blizzard ❄️😍
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1 month
Smoke from the local wildfires this morning seen from the 2nd flatiron in Boulder #cowx
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5 months
Beautiful morning of cloud inversion over the Colorado mountains and Denver foothills
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Mike Kvackay
22 days
Storm rolling over Ken Caryl and Red Rocks this evening from Mt Morrison 🌈 🌧️ #cowx
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Mike Kvackay
4 years
Another shot of the epic supercell from last Friday near Yoder #cowx #wxtwitter #stormhour #colorado
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Mike Kvackay
2 months
Never going to hike up Lake Como rd again. But damn the views on Little Bear Peak are special 😍
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Mike Kvackay
5 years
When that light hits just right! Crested Butte, CO #colorado #cowx
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Mike Kvackay
6 years
Seriously the brightest meteor I have ever seen shot across the sky this morning in @RockyNPS #GeminidsMeteorShower #Geminid #colorado #cowx #nasa #stormhour #rmnp
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Mike Kvackay
7 years
#Denver looking gorgeous this morning at sunrise with the flatirons as a backdrop #colorado #stormhour #COwx
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Mike Kvackay
6 years
Hiking through aspen groves over the weekend 😍 #Colorado #fallcolor #autumn #hike #cowx #9wx #stormhour
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Mike Kvackay
4 months
Standing on top of Grizzly Peak last night at 10pm, trying not to get blown off by 50mph gusty winds 🏔️ 💨
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Mike Kvackay
2 years
Above the fog this morning over the continental divide 🤤 #cowx
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Mike Kvackay
5 years
The thaw has begun #rmnp #COwx
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Mike Kvackay
3 years
Good morning from Iceland….. errr Colorado! 😬
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Mike Kvackay
4 years
Spent a few hours last night huddled in a wind shelter below 13,000 feet. At least the clouds parted for a few minutes! #cowx #colorado #NEOWISE #stormhour
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Mike Kvackay
2 years
Sometimes you need to smile. 14,003 feet this morning 🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀
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Mike Kvackay
6 years
Here’s a short, 8 second time lapse clip from this mornings fog over Denver #colorado #denver #timelapse #cowx
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6 years
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6 years
Denver looking its finest over a golden sunrise #denver #colorado #pikespeak #notmtevans #cowx #stormhour
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Mike Kvackay
3 years
Twilight looking out over the legend @Arapahoe_Basin
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Mike Kvackay
4 months
Pretty great snow coverage up on the continental divide this morning. Abasin, keystone and Breck all looking beautiful for mid May
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