2007 Mt. Massive Hike

The saddle is the notch to the left, the first false summit is the little bump on the ridge as you move right, and the summit proper is the high point of the ridge at the center of the image.

Mt. Elbert, which is only slightly higher than Mt. Massive but looks much taller due to it smaller bulk and more-defined summit.

Trees on the edge of the "photogenic outcrop".

The unnamed outcrop near the base of Mount Oklahoma, which seems to look good from any angle or elevation.

A dust-striped delta of snow near the SW Massive Trail staircase.

The 13er across the valley from Mt. Massive.

Mt. Elbert and clouds.

This is roughly where we got lost the first time I tried Massive, precisely because a snow patch like this obscured the trail to the saddle.

"We hiked all the way up that? And we're still not at the top yet?"