back from backpacking

Did not get eaten by bears. Pictures to come (although not a huge number, as it rained excessively).

Rincon La Osa backpacking photos

I don't have a lot to say, so I'll just link to the Flickr photoset. Our goal this trip was to get into the upper valley of Rincon La Osa, a high valley that runs from the Continental Divide to the Pine River. (Which I am crossing in the photo above. That is a grimace, not a grin, because that river is very recent snowmelt.) It took two days to get there; we stayed there a day and dayhiked up to Gunsight Pass on the Divide, and then it took two days to hike out by a slightly different route (on the way in we went via Divide Lake, on the way out via Granite Lake, but the trails rejoined shortly after the lakes). We saw lots of deer and elk, but too far away for decent photos. Britt fished a lot. The weather mostly sucked, but when it was nice, it was lovely. Um. Not a particularly exciting trip report, sorry. :-) But it was awesome to get away from people and into the mountains again.