The hike starts out by passing some upscale homes in the hills.
Trail markers are quite good along most of the trail.
Benedict Bridge, where the upper and lower Hunter Creek trails meet.
White River National Forest boundary.
Reading the trail signs at the Tenth Mountain Bridge.
View from one of the old cabins along the trail.
Quite a place to settle!
Hunter Creek below the old dam.
Hunter Creek Trail intersects Hunter Valley Trail.
Looking toward the Hunter Fryingpan Wilderness.
Much of the upper trail is flat or gently rolling.
Signs of fall are all around.
The eye of the aspen.
Piece of an old log fence in the meadow.
The old dam.
Looking back toward the Elk Mountains. If you look closely, the Maroon Bells are at the left edge of the far mountain range.
Old homestead along the trail.
The town of Aspen and the ski mountain above it.
Looking northwest down the Roaring Fork River Valley.