On Sunday (July 7) we drove up to Elliot Ridge, and hiked into the headwall of Cataract Creek. The next morning we climbed part way up Mt. Powell, then returned to camp, rested a while, broke camp, and hiked out to Lower Cataract Lake
West's pictures are here Robert's 360 degree panaramas: Cataract Bowl | Camp site | Cataract-Piney Pass 47 images 2. Keller Mountain from the ranch 3. Up on Elliot Ridge, with Eagles Nest and Powell peeking over the horizon 4. 5. 6. the flowers were resplendent 7. 8. the Cataract Crags form the headwall of the creek 9. 10. 11. |
14. I don't know what these are... 15. 16. globe flowers 17. marsh marigold 18. the pointy peak is called Peak C 19. descending into the creek bottom 20. 21. Climbers' Lake 22. Bill's tent 23. Frostline tent made by Joan Betz in 1973 24. looking down on our campsite (note the Frostline tent) |
27. Monday morning we climbed to the pass. That is Peak C in the distance 28. 29. Elliot Ridge over their heads marks our route in the previous day 30. up on Mt. Powell the route was pretty ugly 31. walking down "Broadway" on our way back to camp 32. After lunch we walked down the entire length of Cataract Creek 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. Eagles Nest mountain 38. Mirror Lake 39. Fording Cataract Creek 40. 41. trail maintenance was superb - there were no trees across the trail, the entire distance 42. Cat Lake 43. 44. the tallest columbine (about 3 feet) I have ever seen 45. first view across the Blue River valley 46. the tallest monument plants that I have ever seen (some were 7 feet tall) 47. Blue River valley |