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Louie Traub
Photo Date:
10/13/2015
Hiking through aspens during fall.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
09/17/2015
Hiking through the high meadows above Nolan Lake.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
09/17/2015
Nolan Lake.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
09/17/2015
Nolan Lake.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
09/17/2015
Looking down from the outlet of the lake.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
09/25/2015
The Maroon Bells and Maroon Lake from the trail.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
09/25/2015
Aspen at the peak of fall color.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
09/25/2015
The Sleeping Sexton ridge north of the Maroon Bells.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
09/25/2015
Light plays on the shoulders of the Maroon Bells near Crater Lake.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
09/25/2015
Peak aspen color.
Denis LeBlanc
Photo Date:
09/25/2015
Pyramid Peak (14,026 ft).
Louie Traub
Photo Date:
08/25/2015
Maroon Bells reflection in Maroon Lake.
Louie Traub
Photo Date:
08/25/2015
West Maroon Pass.
Louie Traub
Photo Date:
08/25/2015
Fravert Basin wildflowers.
Louie Traub
Photo Date:
08/25/2015
Looking back toward the small pond off of Trail Rider Pass.
Louie Traub
Photo Date:
08/25/2015
Wildflowers and Snowmass Lake.
Louie Traub
Photo Date:
08/25/2015
Backpackers descend from Buckskin Pass with the Maroon Bells in the distance.
Tim Henke
Photo Date:
08/31/2015
Following the trail along the ridge up to the top.
Tim Henke
Photo Date:
08/31/2015
Scrambling near 13,500 feet.
Tim Henke
Photo Date:
08/31/2015
Taking a well deserved breather at the summit of La Plata Peak.
Zachary Smith
Photo Date:
08/07/2014
Parry's bellflower (Campanula parryi).
Zachary Smith
Photo Date:
08/07/2014
Colorado columbine (Aquilegia coerulea var. coerulea).
Zachary Smith
Photo Date:
08/07/2014
Working our way up the road.
Zachary Smith
Photo Date:
08/07/2014
The view back down from where we started.
Zachary Smith
Photo Date:
08/07/2014
Almost to the Augusta Mine.
Zachary Smith
Photo Date:
08/07/2014
Augusta Mine.
Zachary Smith
Photo Date:
08/07/2014
The view south from the Augusta Mine.
Zachary Smith
Photo Date:
08/07/2014
Penstemon.
Zachary Smith
Photo Date:
08/07/2014
King’s crown (Sedum integrifolium).
Zachary Smith
Photo Date:
08/07/2014
Indian paintbrush.
Zachary Smith
Photo Date:
08/07/2014
Baxter Basin.