Mountaintop Elopement Adventure Session in Ouray

Mountaintop Adventure Session in Ouray, Colorado

Brittany + John

After the most incredible elopement day filled with mountaintop views and Jeep roads, we couldn’t wait to meet back up with Brittany and John for their post-elopement adventure session. Instead of starting the day before sunrise, we met up later in the afternoon. They rented out the most incredible cabin, which sits at about 11,500 ft above sea level. We’ve been doting on this cabin for years and were thrilled when Brittany and John decided to rent it for their honeymoon! The cabin sits right off of a Jeep road, surrounded by open mountain views, and National Forest land. But most notably, it is accessed by a long (and admittedly bouncy) suspension bridge.

We met up with Brittany and John shortly after they checked in and helped John transport their belongings across the bridge to the cabin. Then we got back in our Jeeps and headed to an incredible overlook. There, we could see miles and miles of snow-dusted mountains and the remains of an old mine.

We returned to the cabin and played with their two dogs, Riley and Bjorn as the sun started to go down. We most often see alpenglow at sunrise, but on this night, beautiful pink light lit up the mountain behind the cabin and the clouds glowed with the colors of cotton candy. As the sky grew darker, we ate dinner together while we waited for the stars to come out. It was a cloudy evening and we weren’t sure if we would be able to catch a glimpse of any stars, but our patience paid off and we could see the milky way peeking through the clouds. By now, the temperatures had dropped below freezing, but Brittany and John braved the cold for some really fun star photos. It was the perfect end to such an incredible 2-day elopement adventure in Ouray, Colorado.

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We're Lisa + Alex, the goofballs behind Vow of the Wild. We live in Colorado, but we’re passionate about exploring new places. Being elopement photographers + videographers is a dream for us and we can’t imagine doing anything else (other than being professional dog petters).