2007 Half-Moon Lakes Hike

Well, not really...it's just a perfectly bleached and largely-intact elk skeleton.

Just past the elk carcass we came across the waterfall that one can hear from a mile across the valley. Regrettably, I got a little carried away with the shutter speed -- all the images of this waterfall ended up with excessively motion-blurred water like this (which doesn't look all that bad in a smaller image, actually).

A pair of snags and nearby 13ers.

I'm not sure, but this may be one of the very large loaves of rock one sees from the staircase section of the SW Massive trail.

Another overly long exposure of water.

Another overly long exposure of water. I do like the effect on the flow over the red boulder, though.

Dead tree across a too-long-exposed creek near the treeline.

Along the west slopes of Mt. Massive. The summit of Massive is just out of frame to the right.