I’m posting this a month late, but wanted to make note of this day trip with my friends Pete and Aaron, and Aaron’s friend Jess who joined us for her first mountain hike. Smoke from California had followed me all the way to the Rockies, but didn’t spoil our enjoyment of this peak I’ve admired several times from the Continental Divide Trail.
Trail antics
At Herman lake
Rocky Mountain Parnassus butterfly
Friends on the divide
Smoke to the north
Pete, Aaron, and Jess on Pettingell peak
Descending the north ridge
Giant Ladybug (Anatis lecontei)
Looking back