Starting up Cinnamon Pass from Lake City (near Creede, CO)
Lake San Cristobal and the Continental Divide in the distance
Brad driving on the shelf road
Redcloud Peak (on the left) and a ridge of Sunshine Peak
An old miners cabin at the trailhead with Carson Peak in the distance
Our camp perched atop a small hill
Lisa, Tracy, Lonny, and Shari working on dinner
An old rusted boiler sticking up above our camp (from an old mine)
Chefs Lonny and Lisa (with Supervisor Shari)
Tracy and Brad
"Joan" and "Jay" showing off the new JetBoil that "they" bought for Brian and Lisa for Christmas
Tracy's flashing GoLite jacket
Morning sun hitting the ridgeline above the valley
Lonny signing in at the trail
Hiking up the river valley
A columbine on the trail
A cairn marking an alternate trail up Sunshine (with an old coffee pot on top)
Whitecross Mountain (far right) and Handies Peak (center) up Grizzly Gulch
Silver Creek
Tracy and Brian, with Handies and Whitecross in the distance
Tracy, Shari, and Brian
Lonny, taking a flower/water shot
...The photo Lonny was taking
A gnarly looking side wall of Redcloud Peak
The lush green cirque below Redcloud
Taking a break on the trail
Lisa ascending
Tracy and Shari ascending towards the ridgeline with Redcloud in the distance
The Bent Creek basin (southeast) from the ridge crest
Ascending the steep and scree-laden ridge towards the summit
Ascending the steep scree slope
Wetterhorn (14,015 ft, left) and Matterhorn (13,590 ft, right) Peaks
Looking down on the ridge crest
Lisa, cresting the scree slope with Wetterhorn and Uncompahgre peaks in the distance
People on the summit of Redcloud
Lisa and Brian summiting Redcloud, Lonny already on top
The summit of Redcloud
The summit of Sunshine from Redcloud
Brad and Shari summitting Redcloud
The martian-like surface of Redcloud
Handies Peak - our conquest for the next day
"Jay" and "Joan", summitting their first 14er
Lonny, dutifully pointing out where we camped
Lisa and Brian
"Joan", heeding the warning of the sign
Shari, Tracy, and Lonny (filming) making the summit push up Sunshine
Lisa, summitting Sunshine (Redcloud is in the background)
Sunshine summit panorama
Redcloud summit from Sunshine
Lonny, Brad, Shari, Brian, Lisa, and Tracy on Sunshine Peak
Lonny, cooling himself in a snow bank
A view of Cinnamon Pass as it winds through the valley floor
Shari, Brad, and Lonny back on Redcloud (Brad and Lonny seem unhappy)
Descending Redcloud
Brian, glissading down a snowfield...
Brian's perspective of the same glissade (glissade cam!)
Lisa's Turn!
And now for Tracy!
Lisa, glissading down a snowfield
Tracy, enjoying herself
Descending down the trail (Handies and Whitecross mountains visible across the valley)
Down from the trail, Lonny decides to take a dip in the stream to cool off
The 4Runner and Land Cruiser, perched atop some mine tailings below our camp site
Entering the American Basin off of Cinnamon Pass
Brad, fording the stream to the trailhead
Lisa, crossing the stream in the 4Runner
Lonny, Shari, Tracy, Lisa, and Brian before setting off on the trail
Some of the few flowers in the American Basin
Brad, Lisa, and Lonny heading up the trail
A mountain stream
Further back in the American Basin
Shari and Brad (Handies in the background)
Sloan Lake, nestled in the basin at 12,900 feet and still frozen
Tracy, Shari, and Brad, crossing one of many snow fields in the Basin
Descending a snow field a short bit
The American Basin, from eastern corner
Lisa and Brian, ascending the switchbacks out of the basin
Lisa, pressing on to the summit about 0.5 miles ahead and 1000 feet up
Boulder Gulch, below the slopes of Handies Peak
Brad, trying to figure out which peaks surround us
The last steep push up towards the summit
Tracy, Lisa, and Brian high above the American Basin
Tracy, Shari, and Lonny summitting
Lisa and Brian summitting
Handies Summit Panorama
Tracy, Brian, Lisa, Lonny, Brad, and Shari on the summit of Handies
Tracy, taking it all lying down...
Brian and Lisa
Brad, trying out the snowfield's glissade potential
Tracy follows (see if you can hear her screams)
Lisa, glissading down a lengthy snow field to save time on the descent
Brian glissading
Lonny glissading (with Brad's coaching)
Lonny and Tracy, glissading a short stretch
Looking back at the American Basin
Lonny, Brad, and Brian's Army Corps of Engineer work on the trail
Crossing the stream near the trailhead
Handies from Cinnamon Pass
The 4Runner, about to ascend a rough bit of rocks
Cinnamon Pass
The western side of the Cinnamon Pass summit
Lisa and Brad - the helmsmen
Descending Cinnamon Pass down into the ghost town of Animas Forks
Abandoned cabin and mine at Animas Forks
A waterfall over an old abandoned cabin
Mountains down at the end of the valley
Brad, Tracy, and Lonny, checking out the sheer drop of 150 feet down to the Animas river below
An old aerial tramway heading back into the basin between Little Giant Peak (left) and Round Mountain (right)
The Durnago & Silverton railroad
Lisa, Shari, Brad, Tracy, and Lonny aboard the train
A horse riding along the tracks
The train, rounding a corner high above the Animas river
Blowing off steam
The Animas River
Lonny, demonstrating festivus-like feats of strength
Tracy makes a much easier go of it
Our hotel in Silverton
Brad, Shari, and Tracy's return trip over Engineer Pass
Brad, Shari, and Tracy's return trip over Engineer Pass
Brad, Shari, and Tracy's return trip over Engineer Pass
Mt. Sneffels, from Ridgeway
Brad, Shari, and Tracy's return trip over Engineer Pass
Brad, Shari, and Tracy's return trip over Engineer Pass
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