The butterfly from the ice
The glacier relcutantly returns one of its victims... a butterfly from the Jurassic which we shall clone and which will then take over the Earth! (Well, I was to lazy to determine the species so I had to make up this story.)
calm Baker Lake
on the Divide (view E)
on the Divide (view W)
Alpine meadow with Buttercups, King's Crown, and Alpine Forgetmenot
In order to attend one's bodily functions one soon becomes adept in the art of ikebuma — the art of arranging wild flowers as the most pleasing parcel to wipe one's behind with.
King's Crown (rhodiola intregrifolia) and Alpine Sunflower (rydbergia grandiflora)
Alpine Sunflowers are the preferred high-altitude toilet paper, incombination with snow.
Moss Campion (silene acaulis subacaulescens)
Parry primrose (primula parryi)
Iceberg Lake and Baker Lake
Baker Lake from the Divide
Klondike Peak, Sourdough Glacier, Iceberg Lake
copulating moths (?)
These two are trying to make the most of the short days of sunshine and frolocking. No idea what species they are.
Sunset behind granite domes
More sunsets, though this looks like Mordor to me.
Sunset at Baker Lake
Fiery night over Baker Lake
And now there's a volcanoe erupting... As a great photographer aptly said; "Any idiot can take a great picture of a sunset."
Sunrise on the Continental Divide
Sunrise, on the other hand, is kind of pedestrian. It just gets light.
Group ascending Klondike Peak
Off to Klondike Peak!
Ascent on Klondike Peak
Sourdough is a benign glacier in July but there are enough crevasses still covered in old snow. So no risk and rope up.
Snow Dome of Klondike Peak
Klondike Peak is a pretty snow cap, no need to set foot on rock once you're on the glacier. Alas, probably only for another 50 years.
Last 200 ft on Klondike Peak
Group on top of Klondike Peak (standing)
After about 3h (and 1400' elevation gain) we're on top!
Group on top of Klondike Peak (kneeling)
Yes, really.
View from Klondike Peak
360º panorama from the top of the snow dome of Klondike Peak, 13,114' above sea level.
Honor pointing into the distance
Continental Glacier and Baker Lake from Klondike Peak
4 miles across Baker Lake lies the Continental Glacier, which drains both to the Colorado and the Mississippi.
Klondike Peak's snow dome
Klondike Peak is a huge flat dome of snow. The first ascent was in 1961 by Bill Kerns and Finis Mitchell — that's how remote it is.
Descending Klondike Peak
rest on the glacier
Iceberg Lake and Baker Lake from Sourdough
Iceberg Lake from Sourdough glacier