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Signal Mt and Stormy Peak from Dunraven (Commanche Peaks Wilderness/Northern RMNP, CO)

5/10/2021

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Trip date: July 18, 2020

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Meadow Mt and St. Vrain Peak (Indian Peaks Wilderness/RMNP, CO)

11/24/2020

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Trip date: June 27, 2020

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Cony Lake and Hutcheson Lakes (RMNP, Wild Basin, CO)

8/3/2020

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A frozen Hutcheson Lake between Elk Tooth and Mahana Peak.
Trip dates: March 14-15, 2020

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Lake Husted (northern RMNP, Colorado)

7/4/2020

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Trip dates: Jan 19-20, 2020

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Year in Review: Top Ten Trips of 2019

2/17/2020

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Camp at Michigan Lakes below Nokhu Crags before starting the ridge traverse in the Never Summer Range (RMNP)
Walking Manhattan in a day (NYC)
Knife edge on Static Peak (Never Summer Range, RMNP)
Un-named tarn in Hayden Gorge just below the Continental Divide (RMNP)
Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park (Texas)
Thawing my boots in the morning with an alcohol stove.
Sunset at the summit of Mauna Loa, Hawaii. Weather/Volcano observatory station in foreground.
The Outer Mountain Loop in Big Bend National Park (Texas)

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Lumpy Ridge Wandering (RMNP/Estes Park, Colorado)

1/26/2020

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Trip date: Sept 28, 2019

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Highs and Lows in the Never Summer Range (RMNP, Colorado)

1/12/2020

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Camp near Michigan Lakes below Nokhu Crags.
The Class 3 knife edge up the East Ridge of Static Peak.
Looking north from Lead Mt. towards Mt. Mahler (left) and Mt. Richtofen (right).
Looking south towards Mt. Cumulus, Mt. Nimbus and Mt. Stratus from the western side of the Never Summer Range.
Mt. Howard. One of my favorite views in RMNP.
Parika Lake overlooking Mt. Cumulus, Mt. Nimbus, Mt. Stratus and Baker Mt. (looking east)
Trip dates: Aug 31- Sept 02, 2019

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Forest Canyon and Hayden Gorge (RMNP, Colorado)

12/29/2019

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Hayden Spire within Hayden Gorge
Trip date: August 17-19, 2019

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Granite Pass (RMNP, Colorado)

4/8/2019

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Trip date: Mar 31, 2019
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Looking west from just before Granite Pass

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Eagle Lake (Wild Basin, RMNP Colorado)

2/23/2019

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Trip dates: Feb 09-10, 2019
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My campsite at Eagle Lake in the Wild Basin region of RMNP. Eagles Beak is the prominent brown rock in the distance on the right. Note: I was an idiot and didn't actually use the shovel to dig a trench/wall to block spindrift (blowing snow).

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Year in Review: Top Ten Pictures of 2018

1/10/2019

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Honorable Mentions

Arikaree Peak cradling its glacier like a baby. Sept 09, 2018
Looking east, over an unnamed lake and wreckage from an old airplane crash in the cirque below Jasper Peak. August 26, 2018
My favorite view of South Arapaho Peak. August 26, 2018
Looking SW from near Pt. 11,205'. James Peak is the prominent peak in the distance on the left catching the last of the sunlight. August 26, 2018

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Year in Review: Top Ten Trips of 2018

1/9/2019

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Looking north towards Eccles Pass and Red Mt. Sept 15-16, 2018. Gore Range, Colorado
Looking east towards Lake Isabelle. From the LIGANN Traverse Sept 08-09, 2018. Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado
Coulson Gulch. June 10, 2018. Lyons, Colorado
Looking north towards McHenrys Peak. Wild Basin High Route. July 01-03, 2018. Colorado
While waiting out a storm on Day 5 of the Pfiffner Traverse, I ate my last piece of cheese and the last of my Frito's--which were now totally crushed--with a spoon.
Rawah Wilderness, Dec 08-09, 2018
Andrews Peak in North Inlet. Day 2 of the Pfiffner Traverse. August 14-20, 2018. Western RMNP.
"Selfie" on the Wild Basin High Route. July 01-03, 2018. Colorado

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Pfiffner Traverse Day 3: North Inlet, East Inlet, Isolation Peak Pass, Paradise Park (RMNP, Colorado)

8/28/2018

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Trip dates: August 14-20, 2018
This day: August 16, 2018
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Looking west towards Andrews Peak (left)

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Pfiffner Traverse Day 2: Knobtop Mt, Ptarmigan Pt, Flattop Mt, Hallet Peak, Otis Peak, Upper North Inlet (RMNP, Colorado)

8/27/2018

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Trip date: Aug 14-20, 2018
This day: Aug 15, 2018
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Looking towards the Continental Divide from North Inlet, RMNP. The pretty mountain in the center is northwest toe of Mt. Alice in Wild Basin. Chiefs Head Peak is the pointed/sharkfin shaped peak on the left.

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Pfiffner Traverse Day 1: Mt. Ida, Chief Cheley Peak, Cracktop (RMNP, Colorado)

8/24/2018

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Trip date: August 14-20, 2018
This day: August 14, 2018
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Gorge Lakes viewed from saddle between Mt. Ida and Chief Cheley Peak

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The Pfiffner Traverse: Overview

8/23/2018

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Gorge Lakes in Rocky Mountain National Park
Taylor Peak. North Inlet, Rocky Mountain National Park
Andrews Peak and Lake Nanita. North Inlet, Rocky Mountain National Park
Entering Indian Peaks Wilderness from Rocky Mountain National Park. Looking into Hell Canyon from Paradise Pass
Upper Lake, Indian Peaks Wilderness
Above Caribou Lake, Indian Peaks Wilderness
James Peak and Mt. Bancroft, James Peak Wilderness
Looking towards the finish at Berthoud Pass, James Peak Wilderness

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Baker Pass (Never Summer Wilderness, RMNP area, Colorado)

8/21/2018

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Trip date: August 05, 2018
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Wild Basin High-Route (attempt/partial) (RMNP, Colorado)

7/4/2018

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Trip date: July 01-03, 2018
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Camp in Hunters Creek below Pagoda Peak, Longs Peak, and Mt. Meeker in Wild Basin

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Comanche Peaks Wilderness and Northern RMNP (Colorado)

6/3/2018

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Trip date: June 02-03, 2018
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Lion Gulch, Lion Head and Kruger Rock (Estes Park, Colorado)

4/18/2018

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Trip date: April 17, 2018
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