the last of my pictures - i didn't see another human until got back to the main trail - i started at 630 or so and got back to my 4runner about noonish - i stop alot and look around - there were many, many butterflies and spiders and other things to look at - visited a couple old mining sites - tailings only though
i tried to take some pictures of the cutthroat trout - there were a bunch of them and they were jumping out of the water for bugs but they don't stop moving and i didn't have good light
this is from the east side of the lake looking to the west, the pass i came over is just right of center
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flowers - i liked the red surrounded by white with just a little yellow in there
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i hiked along the ridge to the northeast when i got back up to the pass from the lake - elevation is around 12,100 ft
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this shot is looking to the southwest - i was at the top of that last week, 13,215 ft - looks like i could hike it from this pass but it gets kinda steep and rocky the higher you go
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