30th Anniversary Hike, Ute Creek

30th Anniversary Hike, Ute Creek


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