Lake Dillon Winter Engagements

Well, it’s been a crazy couple of weeks out there now hasn’t it?

Before all of this started, I found myself in Summit County photographing the love between a newly engaged couple. A and B, who just happened to meet in line for the ski lift (uhm, cutest meet-cute ever).

It just so happened that the day we met up on Swan Mountain for their engagement photos, Summit county had its first presumptive positive case of Covid-19. And I’ve been self-quarantined in my house ever since.

So back when things were still normal, we met at Snake River Inlet. The lake was still frozen with pockets of ice fishing holes littered across the lake, before we made our way up to Sapphire Point Overlook. For a mild winter in early March, the trail was still snow (and ice) packed, making the whole journey an adventure in good footing.

We drank some beers, New Belgiums’ Citradelic, one of their (and now my) favorites. We talked about the mountains and the ski resorts and how they met while the sun dropped along with the temperature.

Truthfully, I am so thankful for this last shoot to reminisce on while we all get through this thing together. To check out more photos from this amazing location, check out this blog post of an elopement at Sapphire Point Overlook from last fall.