Mount Elbert (14,433 feet)

via Black Cloud Trail

Rocky Mountains, Colorado

July 10, 2002

01We have arrived	02Mount Elbert	03Twin Lakes and Twin Peaks	04On the way to Twin Peaks	05Black Cloud trailhead
06forest	07Vistas	08Creek crossing	09On the meadow	10Black Cloud trail
11View of La Plata	12On the trail	13Black Cloud trail	14Hiking through the meadow	15On the trail
16The meadow	17Butterflies	18Alpine Sunflowers	19On the way up	20La Plata in the back
21On the way up	22Black Cloud trail	23On the way to the saddle	24On the way up	25View on the way up
26Vistas	27Vistas	28Clouds are building up	29Vistas and alpine meadow	30The way to the ridge
31On the ridge	32On the southeast ridge	33Vistas	34South Elbert and main summit	35Vistas
36On southeast ridge	37Hadrian	38On the ridge	39On the ridge	40On South Elbert