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 Lake Helene - Sunday June 2, 2013

THE PHOTO OPS  (map is 700 Kb)
1 - Bear Lake (9475 ft.)
2 - The talus slope
3 - Two Rivers Lake (9912 ft.)
4 - Lake Helene (10,643 ft.)
5 - Notchtop Mountain (12,956 ft.)
6 - Flattop Mountain (12,713 ft.)

STATISTICS
Temperature: 60s / Wind: light, picking up at 2:15
Time to goal: 2-3/4 hrs with stops / 1-3/4 hrs return
Distance/Net Elevation Gain: 6.25 mi. round trip / 1168 ft.
Depart/Return: 11 a.m./3:45 p.m.
1-A 300 deg. view of Flattop, Lake Helene, and Notchtop

ON THE WAY
2-We set out from Bear Lake...
3-...and encounter a ptarmigan by the trail
4-Along the trail, snow 80% of the way - Microspikes!
5-Longs Peak accompanies us

6-Snow-coverd talus on north slope of Flattop Mtn.
7-Approaching Two Rivers Lake
8-Could be the Alps or the Dolomites

9-Composition
10-Two Rivers Lake, near-360 degree

AT THE LAKE
11-Our lunchtime view of Lake Helene
12-180 deg. panorama, centered south on couloir
13-Closeup of Notchtop Couloir

14-Closeup of opposite shore

15-Cornice above Couloir
16-Ridge to west I call "Snaggletooth"

THE RETURN
1-Trail across snow-covered talus
2-Longs Peak, Keyboard of the Winds, Pagoda Mtn.,
  and Thatchtop Mtn.



 Nymph, Dream, & Emerald Lakes - Friday September 30, 2011

THE PHOTO OPS  (map is 700 Kb)
1 - Bear Lake (9475 ft.)
2 - Nymph Lake (9705 ft.)
3 - Dream Lake (9912 ft.)
4 - Emerald Lake (10,090 ft.)
5 - Hallett Peak false summit visible from Bear Lake (12,308 ft.)  - HERE is the view of the false summit from Hallett Peak.
6 - Hallett Peak true summit hidden from Bear Lake (12,713 ft.)

OVERVIEW
Temperature: 60s / Wind: light, but windy at Emerald
Time to goal: 1-1/2 hrs with stops / 3/4 hrs return
Distance/Net Elevation Gain: 3.6 mi. round trip / 605 ft.

1-A 180 deg. view of Glacier Gorge moraine valley

AT NYMPH LAKE
2-Nymph Lake & Hallet false summit
3-Nymph Lake wide view

ON THE WAY TO DREAM LAKE
4-180 deg. panorama of trail to Dream Lake
5-Longs Peak from the trail 6-Along the trail
7-Aspen gold

AT DREAM LAKE
8-Dream Lake
9-Looking back across Dream Lake

AT EMERALD LAKE
10-Emerald Lake - the last approach (or the approach at last)
11-Emerald Lake
12-180 deg. panorama of Emerald Lake

STEREOVIEWS
13-Dream Lake
14-Emerald Lake approach
15-Longs Peak original
16-Longs Peak enhanced