Honor and Yoav, the disciples
Oh great Master of the Mountains, pour your wisdom out over us!
Peter in mentor pose
I will teach you, young disciples, so hearken well!
Gretel's Patagonia commercial
Yoav grills feet
Yoav dries socks
The fire kept away a few mosquitoes so that were only half a gazillion left per person.
walking up Elk pass
sauntering Honor
walking on Elk pass
Yoav at oxygen-intake
Green River Valley
Xmas Tree Valley and Elk Pass
View back to Elk Saddle and Elk Ridge from whence we came. To the right is the route back, down Xmas Tree Valley.
Elbow Lake No 1
Yoav and his GPS
Peter waiting, Chris resting
Honor and Gretel, resting
Elbow Lake No 2
Elbow Lake No 2 (11,140')
Elbow Lake camp
EL2 provided the most wonderful camp site. Good views and hardly any mosquitoes.
Elbow Lake camp life
The camp had all you wanted: level ground, running water, sheltered kitchen, big boulders to keep food safe from bears, fields of toilet paper (ie wild flowers), and a convenient boulder field (aka bath room) 200 yards away.
river nymph
Elbow Lake No 2
Oli on the rocks
No mosquitoes — one can enjoy the outdoors (or do some bouldering).
Honor in the kitchen
Honor is cooking, no matter if it rains or hails. And the quantity and quality is copious!
leaving Elbow Lake camp
Now the hard part begins (or the enjoyable hike at +11,000', depends on the point of view)
calm Elbow Lake No 2
Wind River Range mountains
Chris at oxygen break
circe of Slice Creek valley
ascending the talus slope through the moat
The trickiest bit of the whole trip (apart from the task of waking the rabble at 6am): ascending an unstable talus slope, topped by a snow field, to reach the high plateau of peak 11894.
Slide Lake from the top of the talus slope
crossing the first snow field