Francie's Cabin

Short hike up to cabin so we lugged a cooler along (91kb) First afternoon hiked up to Lower Crystal Lake for some fishing (75kb) Ruins of old miner's cabin at about 12,000' (92kb) Tony latching onto a fish (121kb)
Tony with greenback (120kb) Greenback cutthroat trout - Colorado's state fish (56kb) Tom trying his luck (77kb) Pulling in another trout - Crystal Peak in background (94kb)
Day two starting our climb up to Crystal Peak (100kb) Group shot at ruins of cabin (56kb) Lower Crystal Lake where we fished the day before (84kb) Saw lots of deer that day (99kb)
13trio_in_valley.jpg (111kb) 14deer_again.jpg (117kb) Looking back to the east with the cabin in the trees (78kb) View of Crystal Peak - 13,852' (110kb)
Waiting for Bobbie to catch up (77kb) We're at the saddle about 500' from the summit (86kb) Looking down at Upper Crystal Lake (92kb) View towards Copper Mtn. resort, I-70, Vail and the Gore Range (86kb)
Tony on top. That's Pikes Peak on the horizon, just to the right of center. (91kb) Mine tailings off by Leadville (91kb) O'Briens on the summit (53kb) View to the east (91kb)
Plane buzzing the summit (38kb) Group shot on top (59kb) Clouds rolling in on our descent (84kb) 28descent.jpg (70kb)
29descent.jpg (106kb) 30descent.jpg (52kb) Francie's cabin at treeline - 11.300' (63kb) Looking down at Bobbie & Tom with Mount Helen at left (94kb)
Unnamed lake just north of cabin (73kb) You should be able to pick out the cabin (73kb) 35clouds_on_mt_helen.jpg (83kb) 36cabin_from_nw.jpg (103kb)
37obees_in_bed.jpg (88kb) 38rainbow.jpg (63kb) Very bright sun on our last day (91kb)  

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