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Facilities at the Colorado River Trailhead, where the hike to Little Yellowstone begins.
The Colorado River Trailhead.
The Colorado River along the trail to Little Yellowstone.
Unidentified species (help us identify it by providing feedback).
The trail to Little Yellowstone ambles through forests of Douglas fir.
The Colorado River along the trail to Little Yellowstone.
Much of the trail parallels the course of the Colorado, at times becoming its eastern shore.
Unidentified species (help us identify it by providing feedback).
Unidentified species (help us identify it by providing feedback).
Open meadows of the Kawuneeche Valley.
A fearless marmot whose home abuts the trail.
Grassy meadows along the Colorado River.
Open meadows of the Kawuneeche Valley.
One of Shipler's cabins, a former resident of the valley.
One of Shipler's cabins, a former resident of the valley.
One of Shipler's cabins, a former resident of the valley.
Unidentified species (help us identify it by providing feedback).
Decaying remains of a cabin along the trail to Little Yellowstone.
A rocky stream near Little Yellowstone Canyon.
The blanched slopes of Little Yellowstone Canyon.
The blanched slopes of Little Yellowstone Canyon.