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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Thunder Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park

Our Campsite in Lefthand Canyon outside Boulder, Colorado


Driving from Lefthand Canyon to Wild Basin Trailhead in RMNP
View of Long's Peak from the road

Nic in Wild Basin, a remote valley in the southeast corner of the park

The trail follows a branch of St. Vrain Creek up to several chains of lakes

 Patrol Cabin at Thunder Lake

The lake and campground are approximately 10,000 feet high

Edited and unedited because they're both interesting

The trail to Boulder Grand Pass goes left of the huge granite dome and just right of the snowfield at the top. It's just over 12,000 feet in elevation at the top of the pass. That's the continental divide up there.
Bambi making sure that we're not "the man"
 

Wild Basin

Climbing Boulder Grand Pass, Thunder Lake is the farther one
Lake of Many Winds is right below

 

the pass

Pilot Mountain

 
 
 


Ptarmigan (doesn't fly very far)

Looking back up at the pass
 
 
Heading back down to Thunder Lake, the informal route up to the pass climbs up in four large steps, one marsh and two lakes sit on the "steps" leading to the top
 

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