Wheeler Peak ( 13,161 feet)- New Mexico's Highest Point and Mount Walter ( 13,141 feet) via Williams Lake Trail

Sangre De Cristo Mountains

September 6, 2005

01Taos Ski resort	02Taos Ski and Wheeler Peak	03Wheeler Peak	04We begin at night	05Williams Lake trail
06hThe trail	07Sunrise	08Sunrise	09Sunrise	10Sunrise
11Sunrise	12Fog	13Williams Lake	14By Williams Lake	15Trail and Williams Lake
16Sign by the lake	17Williams Lake	18Williams Lake	19View of our goal	20Trail continues above the lake
21We meet many marmots	22Marmots	23Marmots	24Marmot	25Marmot
26View of Williams Lake below	27Hiking up	28Hiking up	29Hiking up	30Vistas
31Vistas	32On the way up	33Hiking up	34Clouds are building	35Clouds are building
36Approaching the saddle	37View of the summit	38View from the saddle	39View from the saddle	40Trail to the summit
41Almost there	42Wheeler Peak summit	43Summit plaque	44Summit plaque	45On top of Wheeler Peak
46On top of Wheeler Peak	47On top of Wheeler Peak	48Wind shelter on the summit	49Vistas from the top	50Vistas from the top
51Geodetic Survey Benchmark	52View of Mount Walter	53Mount Walter	54Off to Mount Walter	55Look back at Wheeler Peak