RHH's photos with the keyword: snowmass lake

We are home again after driving over 2000 miles (3200 km) in two days. We were in Michigan visiting family and left Wednesday evening, drove through the night and all day Thursday, slept for a few hours and arrived home about 7 AM Friday. Taken on a 2020 backpacking trip in the Colorado Rockies, the photo was taken from Trailrider Pass (12,415 ft, 3,784 m) as we came back over the pass in the morning, the second day of our hike. We were on our way to Buckskin Pass (12462 ft, 3798 m). The peak at the left is Hagerman Peak with Snowmass Mountain behind it. The lightly colored outcrop is gypsum which we found also at the top of the pass. I was hiking with my brother the same brother with whom I hiked this past summer.

This photo was taken on a 2020 backpacking trip in the Colorado Rockies and is a photo of Snowmass Lake from Trailrider Pass. We were coming back over the pass after camping in the basin below Trailrider the night before.

After camping overnight at Snowmass Lake we hiked up Trailrider Pass by way of the Geneva Lake trail. We tried another trail first but the morning was very wet, the trail was brushy and we were soon soaked. After hiking back to camp and around we found our way and these were the views as we climbed the pass. Trailrider Pass is 12,415 feet (3784 m).

These are Fringed Genians, photographed near Snowmass Lake in the Colorado Rockies.

Here is where we spent the first night of last summer's backpacking trip in the Colorado Rockies. The lake, barely visible is Snowmass Lake and the peak, Snowmass Peak. The next we hiked up to and over the pass on the left of the photo.

This is Snowmass Lake and Peak in the Colorado Rockies. We camped here a night last summer when we hiked in the area and would climb the pass to the left of the peak the next day.