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BIGHORNS - CLOUD PEAK : ~ Aug 2022(54) images

After what I would have to call a disappointing start to the season, I headed east to the Bighorns via a very scenic but convoluted route up over Beartooth Pass, the Red Grade Road and eventually up thru Tensleep Canyon to the trailhead. The idea was that the popular and easily accessible summit of Cloud Peak would get me back on track. It was easy and perhaps I should have done some additional exploring while in the Misty Moon Lake region, but I didn't so a quick trip up Cloud Peak only took 3 days before I headed back to the Winds and my rendezvous with Chuck, my brother-in-law from Mazama.   

STARTING THE MANY SWITCHBACKS UP TO DEAD INDIAN PASS.

SUNRISE AT BEARTOOTH PASS, WYOMING

TWIN LAKES VIEW ON THE BEARTOOTH PASS ROAD, WYOMING

STARTING UP THE RED GRADE ROAD OUT OF THE SMALL VILLAGE OF BIGHORN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RANGE

CLOUD PEAK WILDERNESS FROM RED GRADE ROAD OUT OF THE SMALL VILLAGE OF BIGHORN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RANGE

CLOUD PEAK WILDERNESS FROM A CAMPSITE ON THE RED GRADE ROAD, BIGHORN MTS, WY

SUNSET VIEW OF HIGH PEAKS IN CLOUD PEAK WILDERNESS

SUNSET VIEW OF PENROSE AND SAWTOOTH PEAKS

SUNRISE VIEW OF CLOUD PEAK WILDERNESS HIGH PEAKS FROM A CAMPSITE ON THE RED GRADE ROAD

MISTYMOON LAKE AND CLOUD PEAK

THE START OF THE TRAIL/USER PATH TO CLOUD PEAK UP IT'S GENTLE SOUTHWEST RIDGE

MY CAMPSITE AT THE CLOUD PEAK HIGH CAMP

ANOTHER VIEW LOOKING OVER AT MISTYMOON PASS FROM CLOUD PEAK HIGH CAMP

LOOKING OVER AT MISTYMOON PASS FROM CLOUD PEAK HIGH CAMP

NUMEROUS TENTS AT THE CLOUD PEAK HIGH CAMP

EARLY MORNING VIEW OF THE USER PATH/TRAIL JUST ABOVE CAMP

DISCOVERING THE FACT THAT THE ROUTE TO CLOUD PEAK IS NOT A LONG ENDLESS TALUS PILE

MORNING SUN ARRIVES ON THE SW RIDGE ROUTE TO CLOUD PEAK

INTERESTING CLIFF ON THE WAY UP THE SW RIDGE OF CLOUD PEAK

ABOVE ROCK CREEK ON THE LONG GENTLE SLOPES ON THE SW RIDGE OF CLOUD PEAK

A SEAM OF GRASS THRU A WHOLE LOT OF TALUS ON THE SW RIDGE OF CLOUD PEAK

MORE PLEASANT WALKING ON THE SW RIDGE OF CLOUD PEAK

LOOKING BACK DOWN TO THE VALLEY BELOW WHERE CAMP AND THE SOLITUDE TRAIL ARE.

AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE CLOUD PEAK SUMMIT RIDGE, THE WAY FORWARD IS ALL ROCK AND BOULDER HOPPING.

LOOKING DOWN INTO WILDERNESS BASIN FROM THE SW RIDGE OF CLOUD PEAK

GLACIER LAKE AND SOME VERY IMPRESSIVE WALLS FROM THE SUMMIT OF CLOUD PEAK

ANOTHER VIEW GLACIER LAKE AND SOME VERY IMPRESSIVE WALLS FROM THE SUMMIT OF CLOUD PEAK

LOOKING PAST THE EAST FACE OF CLOUD PEAK TO BLACKTOOTH AND WOOLSEY

ANOTHER RAPIDLY FADING GLACIER - THIS ONE ON THE EAST FACE OF CLOUD PEAK

THE CLASSIC VIEW OF GLACIER LAKE AND THE GLACIER ABOVE FROM THE SUMMIT OF CLOUD PEAK

BLACKTOOTH, WOOLSEY AND THE INNOMINATE FROM THE EDGE OF THE NORTH FACE OF CLOUD PEAK

A DIGITAL ZOOM (NOT OPTICAL) OF THS SOUTH SIDE OF THE INNOMINATE FROM THE NORTH SLOPES OF CLOUD PEAK

A DIGITAL ZOOM (NOT OPTICAL) OF WOOLSEY, INNOMINATE AND HALLELUJAH FROM THE NORTH SLOPES OF CLOUD PEAK

LOOKING DOWN THE REALLY BIG EAST FACE OF CLOUD PEAK

STARTING THE RETURN TRIP TO CAMP.

ANOTHER VIEW OFF THE SW RIDGE OF CLOUD PEAK DOWN INTO WILDERNESS BASIN

A WELL WORN PATH IN A SEE OF TALUS AND SCREE, CLOUD PEAK, BIGHORN MTS, WY

AFTERNOON CLOUD BUILDUP ON CLOUD PEAK

CLOUD PEAK HIGH CAMP, BIGHORN MTS, WY

CLOUD PEAK FROM HIGH CAMP

LEAVING CLOUD PEAK HIGH CAMP AND HEADING FOR MISTYMOON LAKE

LOTS OF CAMPSITE ON THE WEST SIDE OF MISTY MOON LAKE, BIGHORN MTS, WY

LATE AFTERNOON LIGHT AT MISTYMOON LAKE, CLOUD PEAK WILDERNESS, BIGHORN MTS, WY

SHORELINE MISTYMOON LAKE, CLOUD PEAK WILDERNESS

CLOUD PEAK FROM MISTYMOON LAKE

A BIT OF A CROWD AT MISTYMOON LAKE, CLOUD PEAK WILDERNESS, WY

CLOUD PEAK FROM MISTY MOON LAKE

MORNING, CAMPSITE AT MISTY MOON LAKE

STARTING THE MODERATELY LONG WALK OUT TO WEST TENSLEEP TRAILHEAD

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