30th Anniversary Hike, Ute Creek

View west from trailhead 3072x2304 image	Second view west from trailhead 3072x2304 image
Looking east down Rio Grande Reservoir 3072x2304 image	young aspen leaves 3072x2304 image
Steep canyon with Ute Creek at the bottom 3072x2304 image	Ute Creek canyon 3072x2304 image
Frank with camera whitewater below 3072x2304 image	First camp in the morning, Ute Creek, Winemuche Wilderness 3072x2304 image
Ute valley now is glacial 3072x2304 image	Frank Evans on the trail 3072x2304 image
Frank striding toward Black Lake 3072x2304 image	Ute Creek valley, wide meadow 3072x2304 image
Wide meadow 3072x2304 image	View down the creek, gravel slope may be a moraine 3072x2304 image
Wide meadow and overcast sky 3072x2304 image	Looking up Ute Creek, scrubby willows, dark forest 3072x2304 image
First view of Rio Grande Pyramid, on the left 3072x2304 image	Better view of Rio Grande Pyramid 3072x2304 image
The Window, zoomed up 3072x2304 image	Frank in the distance, high mountains up the valley 3072x2304 image
Trail through meadow, mountains in the distance 3072x2304 image	Elk running up the slope 3072x2304 image
Rio Grande Pyramid above middle Ute Creek 3072x2304 image	Frank purifying water, with the Rio Grande Pyramid behind him 3072x2304 image
View up trail and up middle Ute Creek valley 3072x2304 image	View across to our second camp site 3072x2304 image
Frank with summit pack, heading for the divide 3072x2304 image	Elk in the willows 3072x2304 image
More elk, crossing the valley in the morning 3072x2304 image	My best fish, still flipping around 3072x2304 image
Nice male brook trout, 3 inch reel for scale 3072x2304 image	Packed up, looking back the way we came 3072x2304 image
View down of elk from elk trail 3072x2304 image	Window in distance, valley rocks nearby 3072x2304 image
Shaded cliff, sunny forest 3072x2304 image	Troop of hikers, in tight formation 3072x2304 image
Over night, rain on the tent, snow on the heights 3072x2304 image	Drying the tent, packing up 3072x2304 image
Wet campsite, looking up Ute Creek valley 3072x2304 image	Sun on snow, out of focus 3072x2304 image
Sun on snow, 2nd attempt 3072x2304 image	Looking across Ute Creek valley 3072x2304 image
Rest stop with trekking pole, dark cloud shadow 3072x2304 image	Looking up the rock fall, with clouds and aspen trees 3072x2304 image
Red Columbines 3072x2304 image	a few iris 3072x2304 image
Monument above aspen forest 3072x2304 image	Last view down reservoir 3072x2304 image
Sunbeam catches cliff face 3072x2304 image	Wilderness boundry, ranch beyond 3072x2304 image