Haystack Mountain
December 17-18, 2011
Mount Daly (left) & Capitol Peak (right). Capitol Peak is 3 miles south of Haystack Mountain.
December 17-18, 2011
Mount Daly (left) & Capitol Peak (right). Capitol Peak is 3 miles south of Haystack Mountain.
Haystack Mountain
December 17-18, 2011
Beginning the descent in late afternoon. The Maroon Bells are on the far right.
December 17-18, 2011
Beginning the descent in late afternoon. The Maroon Bells are on the far right.
Haystack Mountain
December 17-18, 2011
December 17-18, 2011
Haystack Mountain
December 17-18, 2011
December 17-18, 2011
Haystack Mountain
December 17-18, 2011
December 17-18, 2011
Haystack Mountain
December 17-18, 2011
View from camp at the edge of the large meadow below Haystack Mountain.
December 17-18, 2011
View from camp at the edge of the large meadow below Haystack Mountain.
Haystack Mountain
December 17-18, 2011
The next morning we hiked to Moon Lake. We'll return again in a week to make a winter ascent of Capitol Peak.
December 17-18, 2011
The next morning we hiked to Moon Lake. We'll return again in a week to make a winter ascent of Capitol Peak.
December 17-18, 2011
Climbing the southeast slopes of Haystack Mountain after backpacking to the big meadow below.