Ascent
We took a mile detour off of the trail to look for the remains of a B-25 crash site. This is one of the engines. Up towards the ridge, there is a pack of about sixty mountain goats resting in the shade.
We hiked up to the ridge to get a closer view of the mountain goats. While resting on a rock, we realized there were six huge goats camouflaged into a snow patch about thirty yards from us.
Thankfully they just wanted to rest; however, I had my pocket knife in case drama was about to go down.
About to conquer a mountain.
Signing off on my hike. The hike from the saddle to the summit was treacherous.
Looking at the different signatures, I was hoping that I did the hike better than the guy who drew a pot leaf and signed, "Hell Yeah!"
Summit
Descent
One of the few pictures I took that captures how breathtaking the view at 11749'was.