Winter 2005 Climb of Macomb
with Joe and Zach

Three men and gear packed into the Jeep	Trailhead at Elk Lake is 2 miles along the road in the winter	We head toward slide brook
Arriving at the lean-to at nightfall	In the morning Cliff leads us trailless to the Macomb slide	Scrambling over blowdown
making our way up the stream	with a glowing Elk Lake in the background	we begin the ascent of the slide
Steady now	Down on the ice	Moving carefully
crossing to deeper snow	zig-zagging up	we make it to the lookout rock -- without a view
Ice drips	Ice wall	Hanging boulder
Joe makes it off the slide	Reaching the summit	Double checking we climbed the right mountain
Brrr	Awesome hoare	and ice encrusted trees
Lost sunglasses	This looks like a nice picnic spot	and down we go
Elk lake and Joe	Unzig-zagging	Crossing carefully
Safer snow	A blink of long shadows under dark sky as we finish the descent	Sunbeam over Elk lake
Descend the stream	An erie glow in the sky	Heating water in the lean-to
Beautiful, crisp skies in the morning	We head out