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  • Hikemaster...

    SnowdriftPeak002.jpg Hikemaster Scott's 3rd sunrise from the summit of Flattop Mountain (12,300 ft) is one of the prettiest from this spot in memory. Look at that incredible color in this view to the east towards Estes Park. image by hikemaster

  • It is marv...

    SnowdriftPeak005.jpg It is marvelous to be so high so early....to watch the sun rise on a new day. Scenes like this make it all worthwhile to arise so early! Sunrise is already a few minutes later than it was in late June near the summer solstace. image by hikemaster

  • Marvelous ...

    SnowdriftPeak007.jpg Marvelous cloud color and formation above the snow field on the Flattop Mountain trail near the summit. The Mummy Range remains in darkness for the moment to the right. image by hikemaster

  • The sunshi...

    SnowdriftPeak009.jpg The sunshine rising here promises to bring warmth to this July day...but not just yet! Hikemasters Scott, Tony, and Matthew were freezing once again up here, due to extremely high winds. image by hikemaster

  • Hikemaster...

    SnowdriftPeak011.jpg Hikemasters Matthew and Tony follow the flat trail atop Flattop Mountain. They're headed due west towards Snowdrift Peak, a 12,274 ft peak west of the Continental Divide that is hard to see from most locations in RMNP. image by hikemaster

  • Looking be...

    SnowdriftPeak012.jpg Looking behind to the east, the sun is now fully exposed and lighting up the large rock piles atop Flattop Mountain. image by hikemaster

  • First ligh...

    SnowdriftPeak014.jpg First light on Snowdrift Peak to the northwest of Flattop Mountain. Hikemaster Scott loved the trip to this glorious peak. It's one of 2009's best! image by hikemaster

  • This north...

    SnowdriftPeak015.jpg This northward image shows some of Notchtop Mountain in the foreground (the gorge seen up close is Odessa Gorge, Hikemaster Scott's destination from one day earlier). In the distance, the Never Summer mountains retain a lot of snow. image by hikemaster

  • Being west...

    SnowdriftPeak018.jpg Being west of the Continental Divide, Snowdrift Peak (left) receives more snowfall than many of its taller counterparts. The name "snowdrift" is quite appropriate for a peak such as this! image by hikemaster

  • Hikemaster...

    SnowdriftPeak021.jpg Hikemasters Matthew (right) and Tony fight the bitterly cold wind to head west towards Snowdrift Peak (12,274 ft). Fortunately, the winds would dissipate the closer the hikers got to Snowdrift. image by hikemaster

  • A look dow...

    SnowdriftPeak023.jpg A look down Odessa Gorge from Flattop's summit reveals a view familiar from Hikemaster Scott's Ptarmigan Tarns hike from a day earlier. Notchtop Mountain rises distinctly in the left center. image by hikemaster

  • Once atop ...

    SnowdriftPeak026.jpg Once atop Flattop, the trail in the tundra is rather tame and flat. Here, Hallett's Peak rises at the left, and Taylor Peak rises to the right edge. Can you identify Longs Peak? Any others? image by hikemaster

  • The sun br...

    SnowdriftPeak027.jpg The sun briefly vanished behind passing clouds to the east, putting the peaks in this area under shadow for a little while. Snowdrift Peak dominates the center of this image....it's one remote mountain! image by hikemaster

  • This image...

    SnowdriftPeak029.jpg This image gives a good view of Hikemasters Scott, Tony, and Matthew's route to the summit of Snowdrift (left edge). They must first go up over the bump (right) and then down into the saddle....lots of up and down! image by hikemaster

  • A cold mor...

    SnowdriftPeak031.jpg A cold morning on the Continental Divide near Flattop Mountain shows why so much snow is still holding on here...it's super pretty, isn't it? image by hikemaster

  • Hikemaster...

    SnowdriftPeak033.jpg Hikemaster Scott is a bit cold in this picture, but would warm up later. He absolutely loved the hike to Snowdrift Peak, despite its low altitude. Definitely one of 2009's best! image by hikemaster

  • Hikemaster...

    SnowdriftPeak036.jpg Hikemaster Scott poses in one of the most remote places imaginable in RMNP, high above an extremely hard-to-get-to valley. Ptarmigan Lake (not to be confused with the tarns from July 8th's hike) is still mainly snow-covered below. image by hikemaster

  • Crusty sno...

    SnowdriftPeak037.jpg Crusty snow greeted the hikers high on the tundra...and it was fairly easy to walk on. In the distance to the south, some of the high peaks (left to right) include Taylor, Alice, Isolation, Andrews, and Ptarmigan. image by hikemaster

  • The North ...

    SnowdriftPeak038.jpg The North Inlet (West Side of RMNP) is one of the deepest, most remote valleys in RMNP...and what you see below here is an off-shoot of that! So even MORE remote. Still, Hikemaster Scott would like to visit Bench Lake (do you see it?) someday! image by hikemaster

  • The YMCA h...

    SnowdriftPeak041.jpg The YMCA hikemasters have traveled quite a ways already from Hallett's Peak (far left). Longs, Pagoda, Chiefshead, McHenry's, Taylor, Alice, and Isolation. Some of RMNP's finest! image by hikemaster
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