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Mount Antero as seen from the end of the road above Bristlecone Park. |
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A view of the radio towers (on the hill center-right in the image) and the Arkansas river valley below as seen from the end of the road above Bristlecone Park. |
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The view west-southwest up the Salt Creek valley as seen from the end of the road above Bristlecone Park. |
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I had to get over this sub peak ... |
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... just to see my goal for the day. Mount Princeton! |
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Looking back on the way I came. That's Pikes Peak on the horizon (top left). |
![A couple of happy hikers on the summit [Mary and David].](thumbs/pton_08.jpg "A couple of happy hikers on the summit [Mary and David].")
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A couple of happy hikers on the summit [Mary and David]. |
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From the summit looking north-northwest, you can see Mount Yale (left), Mount Harvard (center distant), and Mount Columbia (right). |
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From the summit looking west towards the West Elks mountain range. |
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Another view of Mount Antero from the summit of Mount Princeton. |
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Mark and Kathy getting ready to celebrate. |
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Happy birthday to you. happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Mark, happy birthday to you! (Should we tell the world how old you are?) Mark is now 40! |
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From the summit, looking back towards the sub-peak I had to climb to get to the summit of Mount Princeton. The trail back down is visible traversing the face of the mountain below. |
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The town of Buena Vista is visible in the Arkansa river valley below. South Park is located behind the ridge further to the east (top of photo). |
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Looking straight up the mountain from on the grand traverse. |
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Looking back towards the summit of Mount Princeton from on the grand traverse. |
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Another view of Mount Princeton from on the grand traverse. |
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Horizontal stratification? |
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No. Another view of the same face, this time with the camera horizontal. |
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Wild flowers (foreground) with the ridge up Mount Princeton beyond. |
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A good view of the sub-peak and Mount Princeton (almost hidden by the tree right-center) from the road off the mountain. |
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And finally, Mount Princeton as seen from the floor of the Arkansas river valley. |
| Along on this hike with me: no one. |
