Revenki's photos

A Thousand Peaks

A Thousand Peaks

27 May 2007 61
View from the summit, looking west over Mt. Oklahoma and the Half-Moon Lakes. Note the veil of falling snow...the sudden appearance of these veils was a sign that it was time to go back down.
The Way Up

The Way Up

27 May 2007 120
Looking back down our trail along the summit ridge. It wasn't quite as dodgy as it looked, but we did drop down to the left on our return to the saddle instead of retracing our steps, so as to avoid having to go over the unsettling first false summit again.
At the Top

At the Top

27 May 2007 95
The view from the summit over a false summit to the northwest. Note the blurry veils of falling snow -- luckily, it was sublimating before it ever reached our altitude.
At the Saddle

At the Saddle

27 May 2007 97
The view from the peak was a little disappointing -- looking south and west, it was a landscape of undifferentiated snow-capped peaks as far as the eye could see. The view from the saddle was much more interesting. This is looking east from the saddle, over the standard trail.
Diving Board

Diving Board

27 May 2007 72
With a good running start, you could do a thousand-foot dive off this slab of rock. Once, anyway.
The Gate

The Gate

27 May 2007 115
The route to the summit passes between two imposing outcrops, forming a natural gate opening onto the saddle.
Elbert and the Photogenic Outcrop

Elbert and the Photogenic Outcrop

27 May 2007 88
Yet another picture of the outcrop.
Long Way Down

Long Way Down

27 May 2007 117
"We hiked all the way up that? And we're still not at the top yet?"
Snow on the Mountainside

Snow on the Mountainside

27 May 2007 96
This is roughly where we got lost the first time I tried Massive, precisely because a snow patch like this obscured the trail to the saddle.
Cottonballs

Cottonballs

27 May 2007 93
Mt. Elbert and clouds.
Mt. Oklahoma

Mt. Oklahoma

27 May 2007 77
The 13er across the valley from Mt. Massive.
Bride's Train

Bride's Train

27 May 2007 84
A dust-striped delta of snow near the SW Massive Trail staircase.
The Photogenic Outcrop

The Photogenic Outcrop

27 May 2007 88
The unnamed outcrop near the base of Mount Oklahoma, which seems to look good from any angle or elevation.
Ridgeline

Ridgeline

27 May 2007 99
Trees on the edge of the "photogenic outcrop".
Mt. Elbert

Mt. Elbert

27 May 2007 107
Mt. Elbert, which is only slightly higher than Mt. Massive but looks much taller due to it smaller bulk and more-defined summit.
The Target

The Target

27 May 2007 79
The saddle is the notch to the left, the first false summit is the little bump on the ridge as you move right, and the summit proper is the high point of the ridge at the center of the image.
Germany - Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Germany - Garmisch-Partenkirchen

09 Jun 2007 96
Germany - Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Germany - Garmisch-Partenkirchen

09 Jun 2007 98
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