I find any effort at attributing words to this experience and wilderness futile. So often that is the case that nearly every time I sit at my computer to begin reflection on an outing, I am reminded of this human conundrum: the inability to condense emotion, experience, and passion into the confines of our limited means of expression.
If you only find occasion to hike/run/backpack/GoogleEarth one loop in your entire life, please, please, please, make it this one!
Enough words- enjoy the pictures. I think if you click on them you can look at it in a slideshow kinda format, they also become bigger and prettier.
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| Scott, me, and Sandi at Maroon Lake before the start |
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| Winding our way up to Buckskin Pass (Pass #1) |
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| Wow. |
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| Looking back from whence we came on Buckskin Pass. |
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| Looking towards the next pass and Snowmass Mountain |
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| Scott soaking up the view |
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| En route to Snowmass Lake |
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| Snowmass Peak towering over Snowmass Lake |
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| Snowmass Peak and Trail Rider Pass (Pass #2) |
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| Heading to Trail Rider Pass |
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| Beautiful trail descending into the basin. |
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| The crew on top of Trail Rider Pass |
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| Conditions couldn't have been much better |
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| "Only 4 passes", I thought. I never wanted it to end! |
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| Descending into what we dubbed "forever basin" |
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| Doesn't do it justice. |
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| Hopscotch |
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| Looking down "forever basin" |
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| Scott cresting the aptly-named Frigid Air Pass |
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| Sandi following suit. |
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| The trio on the third pass |
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| Wow |
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| Wow |
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| Our final non-techy descent on the day, Scott relishing in it. |
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| Beginning the climb up West Maroon Pass (Pass #4) |
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| Scott |
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| Scott and Sandi on the final climb of the day |
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| Climbing done- long descent to follow |
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| The sun slipping behind the bells at Crater Lake, ~1.5 miles from the finish |
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