 We're Going to Get Wet...That's Our Drainage |
 Crestone Conglomerate |
 Waterfall Along the Way |
 Falls, Willow Creek Drainage |
 Falls, Willow Creek Drainage |
 Falls, Willow Creek Drainage |
 Willow Creek Waterfall |
 Part of the Gang |
 Careful Now! |
 Another Easy Crossing |
 Evening Alpenglow on Nearby Rock Face |
 Camp Micro-Bear |
 Falls on Eastly Side of Willow Lake (lower) |
 South Shore of Willow Lake |
 Reflections in Willow Lake (lower) |
 Falls on Eastly Side of Willow Lake (lower) |
 Looking Westerly, Across Willow Lake (lower) |
 Kit Carson, Tomorrow We'll be on Top |
 Looking Westerly, Across Willow Lake (11,564') |
 Top of Falls, Willow Lake (lower) |
 Looking Westerly, Across Willow Lake (11,564') |
 Willow Creek, at Top of Falls |
 Spectacular Crestone Conglomerate, Unique to the Sangre de Cristo Range |
 Kit Carson (right), Kit-Kat (left), and OB Couloir Between |
 Wildflowers Among the Conglomerate |
 Willows in the Creek, Obstruction Point on Skyline |
 Delicate Columbine |
 The OB (Outward Bound) Couloir Between Kit-Kat (left) and Kit Carson |
 Above the Willow Lake Tarn |
 NE'ly Face of Kit Carson |
 Love That Crestone Conglomerate.... Metamorphic Rock Displaying Ancient Alluvial-fan Desposits |
 Prickly Little Critter |
 Wildflowers in Abundance at the Tarn |
 Note Camper at Top of Shelf |
 Kit Carson Peak (14,165') Summit Block (right of ctr), and Columbia Pt, aka "Kit-Kat" (13,980') left of notch |
 Right of the Snow-filled Gully is Our Route |
 First Light on Kit Carson, Kirk Couloir (snow-filled gully) |
 Cloud on Obstruction Point (13,799') |
 Approaching Our Gully |
 Approaching Our Gully |
 Approaching Our Gully |
 Above the Clouds, On the Slope |
 Above the Clouds, On the Slope |
 Willow Creek (distant), Our Gully (snow-filled) |
 Climbers Below, Approaching Snow-filled Gully |
 View From Top of Gully, on Saddle, of San Luis Valley Below |
 Cloud-shrouded Challenger Point (14,081') |
 Approaching Summit of Challenger Point (14,081') |
 Looking Back at Ridgeline to Challenger Point (14,081') |
 Challenger Point (14,081') Summit View of Kit Carson Peak (14,165') (dark lump on left) |
 Summit Challenger Point (14,081'), Memorial Plaque to Crew of Space Shuttle "Challenger" |
 Kit Carson's "Avenue", Inclined Rock Shelf at Base of Block |
 San Luis Valley, Below |
 San Luis Valley, Below |
 Kit Carson's "Avenue" |
 Kit Carson's "Avenue" |
 The Crestones in the Clouds, Needle (14,197') left, Peak (14,064') right |
 Kit Carson's "Avenue" |
 Climbers on the Summit of Distant Crestone Peak (14,064') |
 "The Prow" (foreground), Crestones in the Clouds |
 "The Prow" (foreground), Crestones in the Clouds |
 The Rib on the "Avenue", Our Turn for Climbing Up the Gully to the Summit. "Kit-Kat" on Skyline |
 The Crestones in the Clouds, Needle (14,197') left, Peak (14,064') right |
 Looking Up the Gully Leading to Kit Carson's Summit Ridge |
 Approaching the Kit Carson's (14,165') Summit |
 Summit Register, Kit Carson Peak (14,165') |
 In the Clouds on the Summit of Kit Carson Peak (14,165'), San Luis Valley Peeking Through Below |
 Awesome Summit View |
 Summit Ridge to the West |
 Climber Signing in Climber Signing in On the Summit Kit Carson Peak (14,165') |
 Ghosts in the Clouds |
 The "Spiney" Sangre de Christos in the Foreground |
 Climbers Descending "The Gully" Below the Summit of Kit Carson |
 Climbers Doing Class-3 Traverse to "Kit-Kat", Leading to South Colony Lakes TH |
 Climbers Doing Class-3 Traverse to "Kit-Kat", Leading to South Colony Lakes TH |
 Climbers Doing Class-3 Traverse to "Kit-Kat", Leading to South Colony Lakes TH |
 Looking Back on the "Avenue" |
 S'ly Face of Challenger Point |
 The "Avenue". "Kit-Kat" in the Background |
 Ridge to Challenger Point |
 The Unique Crestone Conglomerate, Covered With Lichen |
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 Town of Crestone, San Luis Valley Floor |
 Downclimbing That Damn Gully |
 Downclimbing That Damn Gully |
 Willow Lakes Tarn, Source of the Willow Creek |
 Willow Lakes Tarn, Source of the Willow Creek |
 Outward Bound Camp, On Willow Flats |
 Outward Bound Group, Rapelling Off Falls at Lower Willow Lake |
 Lower Willow Lake |
 Willow Creek |
 Falls at Lower Willow Lake |
 View Down Willow Creek Drainage, San Luis Valley Below |
 View Down Willow Creek Drainage, San Luis Valley Below |
 View Down Willow Creek Drainage, San Luis Valley Below |
 Falls, Willow Creek |
 Colorful Waterfall Along the Way Down |
 The Upper Meadow, Against San Luis Valley. , Town of Crestone (right), San Juans on Distant Skyline |