Sunrise on Mt. Emma, Yankee Boy Basin
Mt. Sneffels from Wrights Lake
Looking up to Blue Lakes Pass
Jimmy and Mel's pack below Gilpin Peak. You'll have to trust me, Mel is in there somewhere!
Mt. Emma
Jimmy traverses the tundra with Potosi Peak behind
The spires next to Blue Lakes Pass
There aren't supposed to be snowfields like this, this late in July!
Mel and Jimmy taking in the view. Stony Mountain on the left.
Mt. Sneffels above
Looking back down into Yankee Boy Basin from Blue Lakes Pass
Gilpin Peak from the pass
Heading down the north side
Jimmy and Mel making their way down
Mel with an endless number of switchbacks below
Jimmy and Mel
A thick carpet of flowers
The upper two lakes
Upper Blue Lake
Jimmy at the upper lake
At the upper lake's outlet
Mel along the trail
The trail above the middle lake
The middle lake
The middle lake's inlet and Mt. Sneffels high above
Mel and Jimmy enjoying the time. Blue Lakes Pass is on the left third of the frame.
The middle lake and Mt. Sneffels
My tent and Mel's tent along the trail with Mt. Sneffels above getting some rain
Yeah, this camp will do just fine!
Home sweet home
A great flower display about 200 feet from my tent above the lower lake
Tough to beat this view
Dallas Peak, second from left
A great morning to start the day
Lower Blue Lake
Moonset above Dallas Peak
Unnamed 13,410'
One last view from the great perch before Jimmy and I head down
Looking back up the trail with Dallas Peak on the right
Jimmy makes his way across a stream
I cross the East Fork of Dallas Creek at the outlet of the lower Blue Lake, courtesy of Jimmy Gekas
From the lower lake looking up to Dallas Peak, right
The lower Blue Lake with Mt. Sneffels above
The view down the valley. Landsend Peak, Mt. Lamborn, and Coal Mountain, of the West Elks, can be seen in the distance.
Falls along the East Fork of Dallas Creek
Looking back up the trail
Arriving at the wilderness boundary
Finally arriving back at the trailhead
An incredible sunset from Stony Pass. Battling a rather strong wind blowing rain sprinkles right to the lens, it was amazing that the picture turned out sharp, and that the lens stayed mostly dry. It was the only picture that didn't have any motion blur in the short-lived conditions.