East Slopes
East Slope - Class 3
Partners: Kristi Henes, Mike Poland
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About two miles into the hike we encountered a bear!
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First view of Snowmass Mountain
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The hike in was gorgeous
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Kristi crosses the log jam 6 miles into the 8 mile hike
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Starting to climb up to Snowmass Lake
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The entire hike in was next to a creek
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Approaching the lake we get our first view of Snowmass Peak... not to be confused with the 14er Snowmass Mountain.
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Pretty much everything in this shot is beautiful
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The wildflowers were amazing
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Colorado's State Flower
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The fog was a curtain that showed us only what it wanted as we climbed
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Big Boulder Hoppin
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Trust me... its this way
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Tryin to get my head out of the clouds
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Playing in the clouds
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Amazing how fast the weather comes and goes
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its baaaaack... the fog that is
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the crew approaching the ridge
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putting on helmets for the class 3 section
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putting on helmets for the class 3 section
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Look Honey... my shirt matches the Maroon Bells
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A view to the summit of Snowmass Mountain
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Kristi having fun scrambling to the top
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Approaching the summit
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A view of the Maroon Bells. Maybe we will do the traverse between North & South in 2011?
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Alex summits
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A view to Capitol
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Captiol.... our favorite peak to date
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Kristi enjoys an "Old School PB&J" while contemplating Capitol's knife edge ridge
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Alex with the Maroon Bells and Snowmass Lake in the distance
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Love lifts us up where we belong
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Dontcha just love how her jacket matches the sky? I wonder if she did that on purpose?
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Kristi begins the descent
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Alex on top of the world
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Alex carefully descends the ridge
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Alex scrambling
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Kristi is pretty darn happy.... Snowmass Lake in the distance
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Alex gleefully glissades from the ridge
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Wheeeeeee... my bum is getting wet.... uh... from the snow silly!
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Kristi bum sliding to the lake
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havin a grand ol time
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The Maroon Bells and Pyramid Peak in the distance... the Elks are amazing!
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Dontcha just love how her shirt matches the lake? I think she did it on purpose too... she is one fashion conscience mountaineer.
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As a surprise... I picked these for Kristi... j/k ;-)
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Looking back up to the summit
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This section was so much fun I climbed it twice
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