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Looking up Poverty Gulch.
Baxter Basin and Daisy Pass.
Starting up the Poverty Gulch Road.
Parry's bellflower (Campanula parryi).
A waterfall coming down the lower side of Cascade Mountain.
Poverty Gulch road as it winds up toward the mine.
Colorado columbine (Aquilegia coerulea var. coerulea).
Waterfall right above the creek crossing.
Working our way up the road.
Looking up at Mineral Point.
The view back down from where we started.
Remains from the old mining machinery.
Almost to the Augusta Mine.
Augusta Mine.
The view south from Augusta Mine.
Looking into Augusta Mine.
Unknown species (help us identify it by providing feedback).
Penstemon.
Unknown species (help us identify it by providing feedback).
Bistort (Polygonum bistortoides).
Yellow stonecrop (Sedum lanceolatum).
The rocky peaks above.
King’s crown (Sedum integrifolium).
Mount Crested Butte.
Mountain range in the distance.
Indian paintbrush.
Yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris).
Globeflower (Trollius laxus ssp. albiflorus).
Lake below Cascade Mountain.
Lake below Mineral Point.
A vast array of mountains in the surrounding area.
Angel Pass toward Augusta Mountain.
Dark Canyon and Marcellina Mountain on the other side of Angel Pass.
Marmot skull.
Baxter Basin.
Elephant's head (Pedicularis groenlandica).