Trail Photos
Photos from Goat Rocks
September 4 to September 8, 2011
Pepper, just below Goat Lake
Mt. Adams from near the lake
The lake is still mostly frozen
Time to glissade!
View of Old Snowy (left) and Ives Peak (right) from pass on Goat Ridge
Flowers are going strong in places above the lake, but mostly still starting
Lower Jordan Basin, Goat Ridge, and Adams
Rainier in poor light
On the pass above Upper Jordan Basin - still snowed in
Goats came out in the evening
Mt. Adams at sunset
Flowers on Snowgrass Flats are unbelievable
September snowman!
The place gets more alpine towards PCT High Point
Going up Old Snowy
From the right - Ives Peak, Goat Bastion, and Gilbert Peak
Summit!
Looking toward Hawkeye Point, Goat Lake, and Rainier
Rainier up close
The ridge between Old Snowy and Ives Peak, where we turned back
Snow sculptures on the off-trail between Old Snowy and Goat Lake
The world as a grasshopper would see it
Evening alpenglow
Old Snowy Mtn and Snowgrass Flats
Day 3 - to Snowgrass Flats again!
going south on PCT
Cispus Basin
Trailside falls
Colourful country
Ives Peak from near Cispus Pass
Cispus Pass
Klickitat Basin
Big and Little Horn, and Goat Bastion
The next basin surprises with its greenery
Meadow country
Sheep Lake
Back on the pass
You can see the goats as white spots on the right
Goats up close. The young ones were quite active, running up the cliffs and chasing each other
Sunset light
Avalanche debris near Goat Creek
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