Wednesday -- arrival | Thursday -- Flattop Mt. trail | Friday -- Chapin Creek trail | Saturday -- Twin Sisters trail | Sunday -- Ute Trail | Monday -- Long's Peak (to Keyhole)

 

 

Chapin Creek Trail
Rocky Mountain National Park

Friday, 8 September 2006

Chronologically

 

Before -- near the trailhead

On the way up, below cloud base

Ditto

Clouds

A little...uncomfortable -- 12,000 ft in the saddle between Mts. Chapin and Chiquita

Snow pellet storm -- about 12,800 ft on Mt. Chiquita

Summit -- Mt. Chapin, 12,500 ft

Birdies on the trail back

Trail fork on the way out

Curiously red ground cover