J. Groth 1986 journal 110. Colorado, cont'd June 7 and from there, at about 3:30, I drove from Leadville S to Hwy 82, and explored the area from that intersection to about 10 mi. W of Aspen, Colo. The forest was, from E to W, composed of dry, open, ponderosa pine savanna, gradng to lodgepole savanna, to thick lodgepole, to mixed lodgepole/spruce/ fir. The cones on ponderosa pine were not spectacular -- only a few of last year (open, tan) and sparse this-year's (green). The lodgepole here was not as good for cones as the area N of Leadville. The spruces had only a few trees with lingering old, dark brown cones and little evidence of what will be in store here for this year -- (anything?) Maybe 2 years will be a good spruce crop here. Around the W side of the Divide, the forest was mostly only in the river