The Beartooths, July 5 & 6, 2007
 
Hiked to Lower Aero Lake (caught and ate a nice brookie) then by the Villard Spires to Skytop Lakes, climbed Cairn Peak (12,214 ft) then hiked out past Rough Lake and Skytop Creek (25 hrs)
 

   


A-B Wilderness Sign near Lady of the Lake.
Porcupine in Zimmer Creek en route to Aero Lake.
Lower Aero Lake as the sun is going down.
Getting-Light
Sunrise over Skytop Lake and the Villard Spires.
Glacier Peak from Rough Lake
Skytop Lakes
West Shoulder of Cairn Peak - 12,214 feet. It is a great 4th class scramble!
That's Granite Peak (MT's highest point) behind my new friends.
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Mt Tempest & Mt. Peal. Froze-to-Death Lake is just on the other side.
Mt. Villard
Looking south over Cairn Lake to the head of the East Rosebud near Dewey Lake.
The distinctive North Ridge of Mt. Cowen off in the distance.
Looking Southwest over the Beartooth Plateau to Pilot & Index and Mtn Abi...
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