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Chris going down from Jackson Glacier overlook trail head and heading towards Gunsight Lake |
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A little waterfalls, about a mile from the trailhead |
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Dad overlooking a marshy valley, heading towards Gunsight Lake |
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A small, lower section of Florence Falls |
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A small part of the upper portion of Florence Falls |
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A moose wandered into camp at Gunsight. There is a picture on the Video page, that is a head on shot. Get a better idea of how wide the antlers were. |
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This starts our off-trail climb to Jackson Glacier.. and what a climb it was. |
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Many things to crawl over to get there. |
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Looking at a rock slide we just hiked through. |
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I believe this is looking up towards Mt. Jackson. |
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Chris goes across a snow field ahead of us, still heading towards Jackson Glacier. |
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Dad's turn to head across a patch of snow. |
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Now, if Bill slips and I catch him... who catches me? |
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Getting closer to Jackson, not to far at this point. |
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Just about there. That is Jackson Glacier in the back on the right. |
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Looking towards the top of Jackson Glacier. |
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Some of the cracks on Jackson. |
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This picture and the next one gives you a good perspective of how big things were up there. |
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Still see the 2 people in the background? |
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Time to start heading down. |
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Looking towards the bottom of Jackson. |
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A view of Jackson Glacier, with dad in the middle of the picture to give you another perspective of how big Jackson is. |
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A view of Gunsight Lake and campground.. from around 1000-1500 feet up. Not sure exactly how high, but it's a bit above it. |
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Looking across Gunsight Lake and towards the pass. |
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A medow at the campground. |
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Leaving Gunsight and heading towards Reynolds creek campground. |
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The first of many waterfalls close to Reynolds Creek. |
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On the way up to Red Eagle Lake. |
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Looking across Red Eagle Lake |
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Another view across Red Eagle. |
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Chris enjoying the view across Red Eagle. |
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Heading out from Red Eagle. |
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A picture of the Loop. I have video of the loop and the entire trip on the video's page. |
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