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WIND RIVER RANGE: ARROWHEAD : A return to Arrowhead Peak after 38 years. ~ Aug 2020(60) images

A somewhat ambitious plan to start with. That's only natural. In the end we spent five days in the Winds rather than seven But I did get up Arrowhead on the 3rd day. Day 4 we decided to start the hike out. A good decision as day 5 was not so nice, particularly that evening - seen from the comfort of downtown Pinedale. A one day storm, but I'm glad we weren't camped up above treeline when it blew through. There were so many people on the trail to Island Lake that any bears were probably elsewhere. Crowded is the only word to describe the Northern Winds this year.  

View Trip Map for loop details and campsite locations

CHUCK TIMCHALK, ELKHART PARK ROAD

CHUCK GETTING ORGANIZED AT TRAILS END CAMPGROUND, ELKHART PARK

EVENING VIEW FROM TRAILS END CAMPGROUND, ELKHART PARK ROAD

THE PERPETUAL UP DOWNS ON THE WAY TO SENECA LAKE

SENECA LAKE AT LAST

AROUND THE TOP OF LITTLE SENECA LAKE

CHUCK AT OUR CAMPSITE JUST OFF THE HIGHLINE TRAIL

SUNSET AT OUR CAMPSITE JUST OFF THE HIGHLINE TRAIL

SUNSET AT OUR CAMPSITE JUST OFF THE HIGHLINE TRAIL

PART WAY UP THE SMALL RISE THE NEXT MORNING

THE IMPORTANT JCT WHERE THE HIGHLINE TRAIL HEADS NORTH AND THE ISLAND LAKE TRAILS HEADS INTO TITCOMB BASIN

BEGINNING TO SEE WHERE WE'RE HEADED

LAST VIEW OF FREEMONT AND OTHER TITCOMB BASIN PEAKS

FREEMONT CROSSING

CHUCK HEADED NORTH ALONG THE HIGHLINE TRAIL

ARRIVING AT LOWER JEAN LAKE

A SMALL TARN BETWEEN THE TWO JEAN LAKES

LEAVING THE HIGHLINE TRAIL TO LOOK FOR A PLACE TO STAY

CHUCK HAS POPPED OVER FOR SOME HORS D'OEUVRES. DINNER COMES LATER.

LATE DAY SUN ON HENDERSON AS THE AFTERNOON STORM CLEARS OUT

EVENING VIEW OF ARROWHEAD, AMERICAN LEGION AND HENDERSON FROM CAMP

CHUCK DEFINITELY HAD THE BETTER VIEW. UPPER JEAN LAKE LOOKING SOUTH.

SUNSET COLOR ON HENDERSON AND PEAK 12814

GETTING A LATE START AFTER AN IFY SUNRISE

A VERY PLEASANT START TO THE APPROACH

IT HAD BEEN 38 YEARS SINCE I WAS LAST HERE AND DID ONE OF THE SOUTH FACE ROUTES ON ARROWHEAD

WILDFLOWERS ON THE APPROACH TO ARROWHEAD

LOOKING BACK AFTER FINDING AN EASY WAY TO AVOID THE SCREE SLOPE TO THE RIDGE

LOOKING OVER AT THE EASILY AVOIDED SCREE SLOPE

WALKING ALONG THE CASUAL RIDGE ON THE APPROACH TO THE EAST RIDGE

THE FINAL OBSTACLE ON THE APPROACH TO THE EAST RIDGE

LOOKING DOWN TO PEAK LAKE VALLEY FROM THE BASE OF THE EAST RIDGE

THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF ARROWHEAD FROM THE SADDLE AT THE BASE OF THE EAST RIDGE

ANOTHER VIEW DOWN TO PEAK LAKE VALLEY

LOOKING AT WHAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BE THE WAY TO GET STARTED ON THE ROUTE

AFTER THE STEEP BEGINNING SOME MODERATE AND ENJOYABLE SLABS LEAD TO EASIER GROUND AND THE SUMMIT

ANOTHER VIEW OF SULPHUR AND THE SADLY MELTED OUT GLACIER ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BOW & ARROWHEAD

BOW FROM THE TOP OF ARROWHEAD

RAMPART, SPLIT, KOVEN, GANNETT NORTH SHOULDER AND GANNETT FROM THE TOP OF ARROWHEAD

AMERICAN LEGION FROM THE TOP OF ARROWHEAD

BACK ON THE RIDGE AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL DESCENT

ALMOST BACK TO CAMP

LATE AFTERNOON VIEW OF UPPER JEAN LAKE

ANOTHER LATE AFTERNOON VIEW OF UPPER JEAN LAKE

EVENING VIEW OF HENDERSON AND PK 12814 FROM CAMP

HEADING OUT ON DAY 4

BACK ON THE HIGHLINE TRAIL HEADED FOR FREEMONT CROSSING

LOOKING INTO INDIAN BASIN AND THE NORTH RIDGE OF ELLINGWOOD PEAK

SENACA LAKE SUNSET, WIND RIVER RANGE

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