EARLY SUMMER (7/8/23) VIEW SOUTH FROM THE TOP OF MEDICINE BOW PEAK - 12,013'

EARLY SUMMER VIEW SOUTH OF THE LONG UNDULATING SUMMIT RIDGE OF MEDICINE BOW PEAK, WY

THE FINAL SECTION OF THE DESCENT INCLUDE A NICE VIEW OF THE MEDICINE BOW DIAMOND

LOTS OF EARLY SUMMER SNOW ON WIND RIVER PEAK

THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE POPO AGIE RIVER

EARLY MORNING VIEW OF THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE POPO AGIE RIVER

MORNING VIEW OF WIND RIVER PEAK FROM A VANTAGE POINT ABOVE THE SINKS CANYON SWITCHBACKS

SHEEP BRIDGE OVER MIDDLE FORK OF THE POPO AGIE

ONE OF THE FEW GOOD VIEWS OF MIDDLE FORK OF THE POPO AGIE RIVER

SOUTH TO THE NYSTROM PEAK GROUP

ONE OF THE FEW OPEN MEADOWS ON THE LONG WALK

DEEP CREEK MAKING ITS APPEARANCE

ANOTHER VIEW OF DEEP CREEK EMERGING FROM UNDER A THICK LAYER OF OLD SNOW

LOWER DEEP CREEK LAKE

ANOTHER VIEW OF LOWER DEEP CREEK LAKE

CAMPSITE ABOVE LOWER DEEP CREEK LAKE

EVENING VIEW OF MEADOW AT THE OUTLET OF LOWER DEEP CREEK LAKE

EVENING SHORELINE OF LOWER DEEP CREEK LAKE

EVENING VIEW OF MEADOW AND LINGERING SNOW AT LOWER DEEP CREEK LAKE

MORNING, LOWER DEEP CREEK LAKE

ANOHTER MORNING VIEW OF LOWER DEEP CREEK LAKE

MOVING UP FROM LOWER DEEP CREEK LAKE ON THE TAYO PARK TRAIL

AFTER LEAVING TAYO PARK TRAIL AND UP A SHORT HILL YOU BEGIN A SHORT TRAVERSE AROUND THE SHOULDER TO GET TO THE HIGH CAMP TARNS

CONTEMPLATING WHERE TO LEAVE TAYO PARK TRAIL

SHORT RISE TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN EASILY DO A LEVEL TRAVERSE

ROUNDING THE CORNER AND GETTING THE FIRST CLASSIC VIEW OF WIND RIVER PEAK

ANOTHER GROUP WITH PLANS FOR WIND RIVER PEAK

CROSSING THE OUTLET FROM THE SMALL DEEP CREEK LAKES TARN

SHORELINE VIEW OF THE SMALL POND (TARN) ON DAY 2

AFTERNOON SHORELINE VIEW OF THE SMALL POND WHERE I WAS CAMPED

LATE AFTERNOON SHORELINE VIEW OF ONE OF THE UPPER DEEP CREEK LAKE TARNS

CAL TOPO VIEW OF CAMPSITES AND ROUTE TO WIND RIVER PEAK

PRE-SUNRISE SKIES ON THE DAWN APPROACH TO WIND RIVER PEAK

THE MAGIC HOUR BEGINS - SUNRISE ON THE CHIMNEY ROCK SECTION OF THE ROUTE

REALLY GOOD FROZEN SNOW CONDITIONS ON THE WAY TO CHIMNEY ROCK

THIS IS WHAT I CAME FOR. ALPINE ADVENTURES WITH LOTS OF SNOW

MORE OF THE SAME ON THE LONG SNOW SLOPE UP TO CHIMNEY ROCK

AN EARLY START ALMOST ALWAYS GUARANTEES YOU GET THE MOUNTAIN TO YOURSELF

ROUNDING CHIMNEY ROCK WITH A VIEW OF THE REMAINING ROUTE TO WIND RIVER PEAK COMING INTO VIEW

FIRST VIEW OF THE REMAINING TERRAIN TO WIND RIVER PEAK

ALPINE SELFIE AT THE TOP OF CHIMNEY ROCK

FROM CHIMNEY ROCK THERE WERE TWO MORE SNOW SLOPES TO BE DONE

FIRST OF THE MANY VIEWS NORTH FROM WIND RIVER PEAK

THE FIRST OF THE TWO REMAINING SNOWFIELDS. THE SUMMIT IS JUST VISIBLE AT THE TOP OF THIS VIEW

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE FINAL SNOW SLOPE TO WIND RIVER PEAK

THE SUMMIT OF WIND RIVER PEAK IS NOW JUST ONE SNOWFIELD AND SOME BOULDER HOPPING AWAY

EAST TEMPLE PEAK AND LOST TEMPLE SPIRE FROM THE TOP OF WIND RIVER PEAK

LOOKING PAST BLACK JOE LAKES TO THE CIRQUE AND ON PAST EAST FORK VALLEY TO FARAWAY GANNETT PEAK

A WIDE ANGLE VIEW NORTH FROM THE TOP OF WIND RIVER PEAK

LITTLE EL CAP FROM THE TOP OF WIND RIVER PEAK