Bennies Brook, Lower Great Range and Noonmark with Chris and Greg
May 2013

Bennies Brook and Lower Great Range

Noonmark

Getting started at the Garden	loosing a layer at Johns Brook	crossing
need a go around	up some muck	into rift brook
a break on open rock and swimming holes on johns brook	we start up bennies brook	some outcrops
climbing	painted trillium	mixed rock
till	some steady rain	nice offset
a waterfall	pose in the drizzle	complex boundary of incorporation
through a patch of till	lots more to go	climbing
into the mist	and onto the ridge trail	view from lower wolfjaw
snack time	view on upper wolfjaw	ladder climb
british soldier lichen	following a ledge	snack in the wind on armstrong
patches of trail snow	trail through moss	more snow and mist
on gothics -- almost a view	we pose	descending to sawteeth
descending from sawteeth	a polypore	back to views
red trillium	steep rock	view of the lower ausable
pose	is it sunshine?	last view of the lake
next morning brings a climb of noonmark	to first views	a break and more views
really good views	lots more climbing	smiles
while climbing	we reach the summit	and lunch out of the wind
a pose	hanging out	away from the edge
descending	descending

Photos by Cliff, Chris and Greg