The Chapin Pass Trailhead offers minimal parking.
Exposed roots near the trailhead.
The Alpine Visitor Center and the Lava Cliffs.
Mount Chapin, the first of three summits.
The view north to the Desolation Peaks and Flatiron Mountain.
Marmot Point, the Alpine Visitor Center, and the Lava Cliffs.
Looking northwest into the Cache La Poudre River valley.
Cross-country travel across the tundra is well-marked.
From right to left, Mount Chiquita and Ypsilon Mountain.
The trail to Mount Chiquita.
The pass between Mount Chapin and Mount Chiquita.
Overlooking the pass between Mount Chapin and Mount Chiquita.
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The Medicine Bow Range north of Rocky Mountain National Park.
The jagged cliffs of Mount Chapin with Longs Peak in the distance.
Looking southwest over Mount Chapin from Mount Chiquita.
The noble and regal marmot.
Near the summits of Chiquita and Ypsilon, the terrain becomes rocky.
Improvised rock windbreaks near the summit of Chiquita.
Ypsilon Lake from the summit of Chiquita.
Longs Peak in the distance and the southeastern ridge of Chapin.
The summit of Chiquita, looking east toward Lake Estes and Estes Park.
Mount Chiquita.
The flank of Ypsilon Mountain.
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The sparse terrain of the alpine tundra.
Rock formations along the summit trail of Ypsilon.
Overlooking one of the Fay Lakes from Ypsilon.
The summit of Ypsilon Mountain.
The spectacle lakes below Ypsilon along with one of the Fay Lakes.
The Long Draw Reservoir and the Medicine Bow Range.
The summit of Chiquita and Chapin beyond.
The summit of Chiquita with Longs Peak supervising.
Cairns mark the trail over backcountry travel.
The Lava Cliffs with the Never Summer Range in the distance.
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The junction of the Chapin Pass and Chapin summit trails.
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Alpine meadows marking the trail near the Chapin Pass Trailhead.
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