Trail sign at the North Fork of the Big Wood River parking lot.
A young hiker starts up the steeper switchbacks leading into the Amber Lakes Basin.
Section of trail climbing toward Amber Lakes.
After many switcbacks and more than 1,000 feet of climbing the trail passes alongside this pretty, open meadow with nice views deeper into the Boulders.
The lowest Amber Lake.
The outlet stream from the highest lakes meanders through a large patch of Idaho bluebells.
Idaho bluebell (Mertensia campanulata).
A view toward Ryan and Kent Peaks, the highest in the Boulders.
A spring cascades down mossy banks.
Middle Amber Lake (9,026 feet).
Hundreds of dead tree trunks ripped out by winter avalances accumulate in the middle Amber Lake.
Looking into the high Boulders from the Middle Amber Lake.
An alpine snowfield above the middle Amber Lake.
An alpine snowfield above the middle Amber Lake.
Spectacular views above Amber Lakes.