Spent a couple of days backpacking and climbing in the Wasatch mountains. Hit the summit of Pfeifferhorn yesterday afternoon, than headed back home.
This is the view looking down Silver Creek from the divide, shortly after cresting the steep scramble from Red Pine Lake. Boxelder Peak is the one in the mid-ground, and Mt. Timpanogos is in the distance.
As high as it looks, there's still about 800 vertical feet left to go from here. My hiking buddy has some of the "action shots" from the summit. I'll post when he sends them to me.
Trailhead is about 10-12 miles from my front door. This spot is about 3.5 miles from the trailhead, and about 3200ft above it. We encountered only 3 other people on the trail.
Anyway, just taking the morning to relax before heading to catch the sunset in the Uinta mountains.
Todd, it's a cropped digipic . I didn't even carry a tripod on this leg, just the 5D and 24-105. Detail with IS on is surprisingly good (as I'm sure you already know).
I cropped to 4x5 ratio to eliminate part of the distant valley and Utah Lake on the right side. I felt this was a stronger composition.
Very nice Guy. I assume then that you are looking to the south westish...? Are these the boulder fields visible from Little Cottonwood Canyon? Very neat image seeing snow on the ground still and some alpine sunflowers.
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8 repliesThis is the view looking down Silver Creek from the divide, shortly after cresting the steep scramble from Red Pine Lake. Boxelder Peak is the one in the mid-ground, and Mt. Timpanogos is in the distance.
As high as it looks, there's still about 800 vertical feet left to go from here. My hiking buddy has some of the "action shots" from the summit. I'll post when he sends them to me.
Trailhead is about 10-12 miles from my front door. This spot is about 3.5 miles from the trailhead, and about 3200ft above it. We encountered only 3 other people on the trail.
Anyway, just taking the morning to relax before heading to catch the sunset in the Uinta mountains.
Guy
Todd, it's a cropped digipic
I cropped to 4x5 ratio to eliminate part of the distant valley and Utah Lake on the right side. I felt this was a stronger composition.
Guy
Nathan
Ken