Alpine Happiness

[BigHornRam]

dude, you gotta MacGyver that shit and whittle some stake out of the fir or just weigh it down with rocks! No need to make the nice lady cry

Only one problem taking a hot tent to the alpine. Firewood.

 

[Irrelevant]

Only one problem taking a hot tent to the alpine. Firewood.

I found several others, but they're just generally my complaints with hot tents...

 

[TOGIE]

dude, you gotta MacGyver that shit and whittle some stake out of the fir or just weigh it down with rocks! No need to make the nice lady cry

she was playing it up. secretly so happy inside that we now had no choice but to bail out of the windy rainy basin and go have a cozy evening at truck with hot chocolate.

 

[Irrelevant]

she was playing it up. secretly so happy inside that we now had no choice but to bail out of the windy rainy basin and go have a cozy evening at truck with hot chocolate.

ah, I see. Next level right there

 

[Irrelevant]

Back to our regularly scheduled program

 

[TOGIE]

Back to our regularly scheduled program
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see, gun to my head, is that colorado, montana, washington?

really not sure.

 

[Kiwi]

Here’s a few photos from my trip last week in New Zealand.

 

[Irrelevant]

see, gun to my head, is that colorado, montana, washington?

really not sure.

I'll give you a hint. There's no deer.

 

[Stocker]

I'll give you a hint. There's no deer.

Nebraska?

 

[TOGIE]

I'll give you a hint. There's no deer.

ah, so you've widdled it down to california and washington...

hmmm

tie breaker will have to be where you're from

 

[GrantK]

If I get after it I can be at this spot in 2 hours from my front door...

 

[Sytes]

That's an amazing shot! @GrantK

 

[Four22]

I’m jealous that the closest 12,000 foot peak is 20 hours away.

Awesome pictures!!

 

[Hem]

I drove past the trailhead to this little known shangri-la on my Yukon hunt. Going to have to go back and check it out before the knees get too bad.

Backpacking in the Tombstones

Backpacking in Tombstone Territorial Park, Yukon, Canada.

www.mountainphotography.com

BigHorn....I have been thinking exactly the same . I have wanted to check that out for awhile too.

 

[Hem]

Only one problem taking a hot tent to the alpine. Firewood.

Yeah, nothing like setting camp at 10k for three days only to realize I forgot the full canister of stove fuel.

 

[TOGIE]

If I get after it I can be at this spot in 2 hours from my front door...

sneffels?

 

[GrantK]

sneffels?

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nailed it!

 

[Irrelevant]

sneffels?

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Based on the name I may have to check it out

 

[TOGIE]

Based on the name I may have to check it out

very cool mountain. nothing crazy to climb, although does offer some spicier routes.

but it is in my opinion undoubtedly, quite possibly, one of the single most picturesque mountains in the state

(not my pictures)

 

[westbranch]

What a great thread. So many places I need to go.