Packing up at the trailhead
Hiking on the Colorado Trail
Bushwhacking on a search for easy terrain
Up above the Colorado Trail
Wallowing through rotten snow
Testing for the proper sleeping angle
Setting up our tent city
Rich and Beth melting snow
Inspecting Tent City
Melting by the shovel full
Dawn start on Sunday
Clothing adjustment
On Yale's East Ridge
Rich leading west
Ascending on the east ridge
View ahead to Point 13,420
Negotiating around rocks
Step kicking up wind hardened snow
Scrambling through rocks
"Mascot Peak"
Rock cliffs on Point 13,420
Hiking past rocks and a few snow patches
Our objective still looks far away
Taking a break out of the worst of the wind
Still heading up
Kurt leading up steep snow
High on the East Ridge of Mount Yale
Kurt arrives at the summit, Princeton in the background
Group shot - not everyone is interested in having their photo taken
View to the WNW
Starting down
Descending the steep section
Traversing across Point 13,420
Descending from 13,420
Jan taking in the view
Descending the snow rib
Blown about by the wind
Jim naps
Breaking camp
Back on dry trail
Descending the "headwall" back to the trailhead