The Twins, September 2014

I'd hoped to do a loop over the Twins, Zealand, and Hale, but started too late and decided to make it a simple out-and-back. I'd picked the date in advance; at that time the forecast was excellent, but when the day came it was a little too cloudy for the best photos, and the next day was crystal-clear.

I was also hoping to photograph some fall foliage, but I picked a high, north-facing slope so my route was mostly through firs and spruce.

A little bit of fall color

Entering the alpine taiga

No views from North Twin

Carrigain Notch visible from the trail

Cliffs on North Twin seen from a fir wave

Fogged in again on South Twin

Summit of South Twin

North Twin from South Twin

Clouds and a sunbeam

South Twin summit as clouds lift

return of the fog

View toward Carrigain

View toward the Willey Range

Looking back at South Twin as I descend

Galehead Mountain in sunbeams

Sunbeams and Mt Garfield

Galehead again

Sugarloaf catches the light