 Trailless Dix Loop |
 Lower Great Range |
 Baxter |
 Fall colors as we head to camp |
 hop some rocks |
 and beyond the swimming hole |
 we find a campsite |
 visiting a beaver dam |
 no beavers seen, but the reflections are great |
 dinner in a bag |
 evening music |
 the moon sets |
 blur of rising early |
 almost light |
 reaching the stream heading to Dix |
 a view of Elizabethtown No4 |
 as we breakfast |
 more stream walking, lots of woods walking |
 a lost camera, back to the stream |
 a glimpse of the slide |
 its cooler up here |
 the slide |
 cool grip |
 reaching the wall |
 view from above |
 still climbing |
 the top is near |
 icicles dangle |
 the last cliffs |
 easy going to the herd path |
 then to the top |
 grand view from the Beckhorn |
 reading a classic monument |
 snow in the vegetation |
 a timer pose |
 scramble down |
 views from the Dix ridge |
 East Dix slide beckons |
 but Marcy and Haystack look cold |
 more views |
 the southern view from Grace (East Dix) |
 a blink of sun on Noonmark |
 Adam snaps a pose |
 we are in the air |
 above the valley |
 the slide below |
 a last perch |
 from the top |
 descending |
 very carefully |
 then onto the main rock |
 tis great fun |
 back into the colors of the woods |
 a rock hop |
 and nearly back to camp |
 in the morning, water gets pumped in this scenic spot |
 and it looks like a promising day for the lower great range |
 grand trees |
 lots of leaves |
 a wide view from the ledge |
 on Rooster Comb proper, the clouds thicken |
 and the sun becomes hidden |
 its cold as we near Lower Wolfjaw |
 a final scramble to the top |
 with views under the clouds and a hint of blue |
 lunch in the col |
 heading toward Johns Brook, some blue sky |
 visiting a slide on the descent |
 reaching the brook |
 a leaf packing algorithm in process |
 huge pool |
 lots of swirl holes |
 a hop |
 last view of the swimming hole |
 delicate step along the brook |
 reaching the crossing |
 on the edge of the sun |
 on the edge of the till |
 clearing skies send us up Baxter |
 for wide views |
 aplenty |
 classic tree |
 sun over Keene Valley |
 a tree hop |
 we head home after a half night's rest, but pausing on the way out for fine star gazing |