Squaw and Little Squaw Creeks, Wimenuche Wilderness

Creede Colorado, on the way to the trailhead full-sized image	Frank at the trailhead full-sized image
unloading my Honda Civic full-sized image	undergrowth in dead Englemann spruce forest full-sized image
bridge not far from trailhead full-sized image	Frank checking his Droid on the bridge full-sized image
nicely groomed Squaw Creek trail, aspen forest full-sized image	view down to waterfall on Squaw Creek full-sized image
View up Squaw Creek full-sized image	Frank resting and charging his Droid full-sized image
haze from Little Sand wildfire full-sized image	dry meadow full-sized image
smoky view up Squaw Creek full-sized image	Frank on the trail, dead spruce trees on both sides full-sized image
beaver pond full-sized image	ground cloth at our lunch stop full-sized image
wild iris full-sized image	smoke plume more confined, more blue sky full-sized image
Little Sand fire smoke full-sized image	Squaw Creek with smoke behind full-sized image
beaver pond full-sized image	beaver pond, different camera full-sized image
wispy cirrus clouds full-sized image	Frank standing beside a meadow, packs in shade full-sized image
open meadow with cumulous clouds full-sized image	bridge just beyond a fork in the trail full-sized image
looking down at bridge full-sized image	taking the eastern fork of the trail full-sized image
rest stop, boulders in a meadow, smokey sky full-sized image	meadow with beetle killed forest full-sized image
clouds with smoke full-sized image	isolated younger live trees full-sized image
forest of beetle killed Engelmann spruce, small trees survived full-sized image	smoke plume against blue sky full-sized image
Frank walking across a meadow, looking for good campsites full-sized image	big flat meadow full-sized image
an elk full-sized image	two elk full-sized image
tent, in late afternoon full-sized image	nice green meadow, dead forest full-sized image
creek where I fished full-sized image	Squaw Creek full-sized image
view down valley full-sized image	brook trout in creel bag full-sized image
brook trout, ready to wrap and cook full-sized image	elk grazin, not far from our campsite full-sized image
tent in the evening full-sized image	8:30, and it's still light outside full-sized image
sunset clouds full-sized image	purple blooms in the forest full-sized image
looking up valley in the morning full-sized image	panorama, with tent full-sized image
small snow fields on the mountain side full-sized image	as the flowers age, they turn blue! full-sized image
Susanna with hemp hat full-sized image	paintbrush and bluebells full-sized image
white and purple flowers full-sized image	Squaw Creek valley full-sized image
Frank hiking up the valley full-sized image	small snow field, beside the creek full-sized image
upper Squaw Creek valley full-sized image	small waterfall, beetle killed Englemann spruce forest full-sized image
climbing east toward continental divide full-sized image	view down valley with some smoke haze full-sized image
rocky trail full-sized image	red composite flowers full-sized image
red flowers, wider view full-sized image	columbines full-sized image
closer view of columbines full-sized image	several different kinds of flowers on the forest floor full-sized image
rocky trail next to small rocky stream full-sized image	willows at high altitude full-sized image
willows, forest and high mountains behind full-sized image	rugged peak with small snow fields full-sized image
high ridge, fading into the haze full-sized image	eating lunch on the continental divide trail full-sized image
view over the divide, east side of Squaw Creek valley full-sized image	panorama on the divide full-sized image
snowfield on the divide full-sized image	the eastern side drains west full-sized image
and the western side drains east full-sized image	a panorama, sweeping east to southwest full-sized image
tundra flowers, key for scale full-sized image	panorama with less smoke full-sized image
another panorama full-sized image	tundra view, hazy sky full-sized image
looking down slope, where we hiked full-sized image	tundra with many small snow fields full-sized image
View over high plateu to the NE full-sized image	Looking down into Little Squaw Creek valley full-sized image
Frank with his camera full-sized image	Susanna with her camera full-sized image
panorama, sweeping north to east full-sized image	SE to SW panorama full-sized image
view down valley, hazy skies full-sized image	best columbine photo full-sized image
high plateau with small ponds full-sized image	thick willows with a bit of Frank's pack full-sized image
willow bog full-sized image	Large elk grazing full-sized image
view back toward divide full-sized image	Susanna carrying her pack full-sized image
Frank walking down Little Squaw Creek valley, off trail full-sized image	Susanna at a rest stop full-sized image
view down valley, where we camped full-sized image	wide meadow along Little Squaw creek full-sized image
evening shadows full-sized image	tent in the shade full-sized image
cutthroat trout, with license for scale full-sized image	same fish, before releasing full-sized image
second, larger cutthroat trout full-sized image	Tent after 8PM, hazy sky full-sized image
Frank unpacking full-sized image	Susanna dressed warmly in the morning full-sized image
hiding down valley, off trail full-sized image	Little Squaw creek valley full-sized image
meadows with small willows full-sized image	dead forest with nesting hawk full-sized image
deep ravine, not on the map full-sized image	waterfall in thick forest full-sized image
sliding down a tree trunk, crossing the stream full-sized image	Frank walking across a nearly level trunk full-sized image
Frank walking with a full pack on full-sized image	dead forest, steep slopes full-sized image
after finding the Fern Creek stock driveway full-sized image	losing the Fern Creek stock driveway full-sized image
view into valley from high meadow full-sized image	high meadow, dead forest full-sized image
getting back up to 12,000 feet full-sized image	small snow fields all over the slope full-sized image
meadow with blue sky full-sized image	Susanna hiking on the tundra, off trail full-sized image
Frank on tundra, elk herd in the distance full-sized image	elk are scattered near the long snow field full-sized image
very short willows on the high tundra between Little Squaw and Squaw creeks full-sized image	Frank with a distant view, on dry tundra full-sized image
view back down toward the Rio Grande full-sized image	finding the Fern Creek Stock Driveway full-sized image
wide green meadow, forest in the distance full-sized image	Frank in meadow panorama full-sized image
adult Engemann spruce all killed by beatles, younger trees survived full-sized image	meadow with distant view full-sized image
view toward Squaw Creek valley full-sized image	back on the main trail again full-sized image