Picture of Avalance lake from near the summit

Picture along the ridge toward Snowball lakes

This is where I came on my first summit of Granite, back in 2001. Around the lake, then up the snowfield to the saddle. The drop below is incredible ... about 1800 feet down to the snow which is visible between the rocks.

Avalance lake, with the Snowball lakes in the background. This is where we've camped on two other trips into this area.

At 1:00pm, the weather started moving in.

More cool wildflowers, near the ridge on Tempest.

Mayela coming up the path to the Tempest pass, at 12,100 feet. The side of Granite Peak is in the background.

Passing the last shelter on the way to climb Granite, and crossing the "wasteland" toward our campsite.

Mayela skirting the snowfield above our camp