Mount Blanca Attempt, Sangre de Cristo Range, Colorado

September 8, 2005


01Blanca Massif

02Blanca in sunlight

03Mount Blanca in sunset light

04The next day

05Early dinner before we start

06Lake Como road

07Ready to go

08Off we go

09Lizard

10On Lake Como Road

11On Lake Como Road

12On Lake Como Road

13View from the road

14On Lake Como Road

15By one of many old cabins

16Our camp

17Little Bear at sunrise

18In Blanca Basin

19Basin at sunrise

20One of Blue Lakes

21The way up

22Stream

23In the basin

24By the small lake

25Another of Blue Lakes

26Crater Lake-elevation 12,900

27Crater Lake below

28On the trail

29On the trail

30Trail ends here

31It is too hard for Hadrian

32Descending

33View of Blue Lakes

34By Crater Lake

35By Crater Lake

36By Crater Lake

37Blue Lake

38Near Blue Lake

39Blue Lake

40Blue Lake

41Hadrian in the basin

42Little Bear

43Hiking down

44Hiking down

45Blue Lakes

46Blue Lakes

47On the way down

48Blue Lakes

49Stream

50By the stream