Peter
Honor
Gretel
Yoav
Chris
Christa
Trail to Baker Lake (Earth Walk Press map)
Day 1: Trail head to first camp in Elk Valley. Day 2: Rest and acclimatisation at 10,000' and stroll up White Rock Ridge/Elk Pass. Day 3: Across Lost Eagle Peak, setting up camp at Elbow Lake No 2. Day 4: Up the talus slope to peak 11894 (feet), through the Amphitheatres, past Lavaq Lake and into Tundra Valley. Day 5: Over the granite domes to the high camp at the E end of Baker Lake (11,675'). Day 6: Introduction to glacier travel on Sourdough Glacier. Day 7: Summitting Klondike Peak (13,114'). Day 8: Hike out to Elbow Lake No 2. Day 9: rest, hike up Lost Eagle Peak (11,838') and Webb's Glorious Buttress. Day 10: Across Lost Eagle, down Xmas Tree Valley and camping at the W tip of Slide Lake. Day 11: back to the trail head.
Everyone (before)
Gretel - Oli - Honor - Christa (for 3d) - Peter - Chris - Yoav
Green River Lake and Square Top Mountain
Single file in Green River Valley
Clear Creek Valley
Columbine (forest)
Christa crossing a creek
Clear Creek Meadows
Serene and unspoilt. Every wilderness traveller should strive to keep it this way!
Parry primrose (primula parryi)
Alpine sunflower (rydbergia grandiflora)
Mountain Dryad (dryas octopetala)
View from Elk Saddle
A short stroll up to the saddle between White Rock and Lost Eagle Peak (named Elk Saddle) provides a nice 360º view.
lunch break on Elk Pass
Continental Divide
Yoav and Gretel at lunch
Oli
pissing into the void
White Rock cliffs
Green River
Guess the name of this river!
Leopard rock (1)
Lichen of various kinds and ages spot the rocks.
Leopard rock (2)
Christa's self arrest
Learning self arrest on a benign, non-deadly snow slope. Note that some pants become translucent on exposure to water.
Gretel's self arrest
Christa gathering speed