Alpine Happiness

[Luis]

Very nice photo's. I don't take many photo's, but I really enjoy hiking to high mountain lakes with my wife. The Beartooths have some of our favorite high mountain lakes.

 

[Oak]

Here’s one from last August. Standing at about 12,500’. You can hike 20 miles in the direction the photo is taken and not drop below 12,000’.

 

[Dsnow9]

I don’t spend as much time as I used to now that I own my own business in the city but the memories have surpassed the quantity of earlier years. I enjoy it a lot more now and savor it!

 

[hank4elk]

Spent a lot of time above timberline in the Sierra's. Gonna have to dig out photos.

 

[WoodMoose]

There simply isn't enough time in life.

that is a solid fact

I'm curious how many of you have a passion for exploring above treeline?

I do, but don't get there enough - those "life choices" I made,,,

One goal I made in recent years was to climb every 10k peak in a local range. 43 total. I picked away at it and finished two summers ago.

congrats!

 

[Lasiocarpa]

I've had a love for the high country since I was young. So many places to explore, so little time...

 

[Lasiocarpa]

 

[Hem]

Far more enjoyable to look at pictures of the mountains first thing in the morning with coffee instead of news feeds.
Keep 'em coming!!
There is no limit.

I spent a fair amount of time on my sheep hunt last year reminiscing with Echo Peak . My mom and I had climbed to the summit 31 years earlier.

 

[BirdManMike]

I am right there with all of you. Summer in the Beartooths is a wonderful thing. I spend as much time as I can up there, usually/preferably alone.

 

[Straight Arrow]

Bob Marshall Wilderness, Larch Pass, north end of Chinese Wall.

 

[BirdManMike]

 

[BigHornRam]

Goat hunt from 2020

 

[Oak]

August 28


August 29

 

[schmalts]

I love getting up there when I can, Beit by bike, foot, or car. Spent a few nights just with a sleeping bag, cheap tarp, and a fishing gear up there.

 

[BigHornRam]

A few pictures from an unlimited hunt right at timberline.

 

[Stocker]

As the kids get older it’s getting easier to get up above everything. I’ve turned several hunts they were slow and I needed a mental reset into missions to top mountains. I’ve never been on top of anything real high or have a desire to climb super steep stuff, but getting to the top is always fun.

 

[Dougfirtree]

Treeline is a little lower here; about 4500 feet. I love it up there, but the big mountains are popular and the tundra that grows that high is all protected, so you have to stay on trails. Here, the secret to solitude is to just step off the trail and into the forest. Loving the pictures on this thread!

 

[SC Living Outdoors]

I can understand your obsession. My absolute favorite hunts are the early season high country deer hunts. Idk what it is about them, but I just love it. I try to make happen where I can do one a year every year.

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[Nameless Range]

Great thread. Alpine as a definition is: relating to high mountains.

Prompted to go through my google photos, I was a bit bummed that the trips from youth I spent in the Missions, Bitterroot, and Pioneers were all pre-smart phone, so no pics. The highpoints of all the mountain ranges around where I live and play the most rarely exceed the mid-9-thousands, and are timbered to the top or if they are treeless, it is as much geology as elevation (Boulders, Bulls, Elkhorns,Nevadas). So only a couple to contribute:

Obligatory photo from the summit of Swiftcurrent Peak in Glacier Park.



A very Gneiss Lake in the Wacky Tabacky Roots