Mt Evans Hike -

mt evans Drive 2024

On July 9, 2024 we made our annual drive to the summit of Mt Evans. We were accompanied by friends Tim and Teresa Briese.

We encountered many Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep.

This calf was born
for photos.

At the 14,260' summit.

Tim Briese at the very peak of Mt Evans.

At the summit.

Teresa on the trail as we start down.

We pose at the sign with the new name Mt Blue Sky.

We pass a herd of Mountain Goats
on the way down.

Their babies know how to negotiate the boulders.

Tim and Teresa at Summit Lake.

The wildflowers were just
beginning to bloom.

The glacier at Summit Lake
is still very visible.

Tim and Teresa on the cliff trail
to Chicago Lakes.

A shedding Mountain Goat poses.

A Rocky Mountain Bighorn
sneaks up on us.

He ignores me as he walks pass.

He escorts Tim and Teresa to the car.

One last look at the fields
of wildflowers.

The flowere with bloom were mostly buttercups.

We stop at the Mt Goliath Visitor Center surrounded by Bristlecone Pines.

Tim and Teresa pose on the bench of Bristlecone Pine.