Beginning of Clear Lake Road (San Juan County Road 12) from Forest Road 585.
Beginning of Clear Lake Road (San Juan County Road 12) from Forest Road 585.
The road crosses an aspen grove in the first half mile.
View of the San Juan Mountains and aspen trees from Clear Lake Road.
The road ascends through the forest with peaks in the Ice Lake Basin in the background.
South Fork Mineral Creek on the left; Ice Lake is between and below the peaks on the right.
Steep road just above the tree line.
Clear Creek forms waterfalls as it descends on the almost vertical rock.
Hikers going up to Clear Lake.
The last steep and rocky stretch before the lake.
Bird's-eye view of Clear Lake.
Aerial view of Clear Lake.
Road on the left, Cleak Lake on the right, and old mine tailings in the middle.
Clear Lake is clear indeed.
Fishermen on the lake shore.