How many campers can you pack in a jeep? |
organizing at the trailhead |
deorganized as it be |
setting camp at twilight |
clear skies offer a moon light glow and a very cold night; the stillness disturbed by manical laughter of coyotes |
up the trail in the morning |
lovely stream |
where the coyotes made their kill |
a stately dead tree |
the first lookout |
red pine |
posing at the end of blueberry cobble |
the view |
taking a break: the sky is blue in just the right direction |
steep climbing |
climbing |
climbing |
climbing |
a view from Bald |
summit cairn |
encased in clear ice |
a distant view of Giant |
descending |
to the boulder |
that serves as a windscreen |
windswept ridge end |
tough guys ascending the east shoulder of Rocky Peak Ridge |
shelf mushrooms supporting snow |
climbing passed ice encrusted trees |
ascending passed the ice wall |
ice covered ascent |
weeping trees |
ice covered |
leaning |
nearing the east shoulder of Rocky Peak Ridge |
climb on |
on the shoulder: a glimpse of Giant |
a distant view of Whiteface |
a welcome break at Lake Marie Louise |
lake view |
return through the |
heavy loaded trees |
bent |
smiling |
this really is the trail |
the ice wall |
adjustments with a view |
back to Bald |
steep descent |