| (1) | | Ryan watches the morning glow on the mountains to the southwest on the way up Chiquita. |
| (2) | | Morning glow on Mount Chapin and Longs Peak off in the distance. |
| (3) | | Erin and Ryan hike up Mount Chiquita with Mount Chapin behind. |
| (4) | | Shot of Ypsilon's Donner Ridge from the summit of Mount Chiquita. |
| (5) | | Spectacle Lakes embraced by Blitzen Ridge on the left and Donner Ridge on the right. |
| (6) | | Erin hikes across the false summit that seperates the branches of the Y Couloir. |
| (7) | | The north branch of the Y Couloir was pretty much melted out. |
| (8) | | Shot of the ridge that connects Ypsilon and Fairchild. |
| (9) | | John, Erin, and Georg take a break during the traverse from Yspilon to Fairchild. |
| (10) | | Desolation Peaks. |
| (11) | | Shot of Ypsilon Mountain from the ridge that connects it with Fairchild Mountain. |
| (12) | | We came across this cool looking face during the ascent of Fairchild. |
| (13) | | View of Ypsilon Mountain from the summit of Fairchild Mountain. Note "The Aces" of Blitzen Ridge in the lower left of the photo. |
| (14) | | View of Mummy Mountain and Lawn Lake during the traverse from Fairchild to Hagues. |
| (15) | | Our group crosses "The Saddle" before starting up Hagues Peak. |
| (16) | | View of Hagues Peak's rugged west face. |
| (17) | | Our group begins the ascent of Hagues Peak. |
| (18) | | Ascending Hagues Peak. Longs Peak is visible on the horizon. |
| (19) | | The scrambing gets more interesting towards the top of Hagues Peak. |
| (20) | | John (lower left) begins the class-3 scrambling. |
| (21) | | Group shot on the summit of Hagues Peak. |
| (22) | | Rowe Glacier |
| (23) | | Only one more mountain to drag myself over: Mummy Mountain. |
| (24) | | View of Fairchild Mountain from the Hagues-Mummy saddle. |
| (25) | | Looking down at the Roaring River from near the summit of Mummy Mountain. |
| (26) | | There are still 7 miles to go as we descend Mummy Mountain. At least it’s all downhill. |
| (27) | | Looking up at Mummy Mountain. |
| (28) | | Roaring River gouged out a lot of the valley when the Lawn Lake Dam let go in the early 80's. |
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