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Tuesday, Sept. 14

We drove out Slate River Road until a stream crossing that was too much for our two-wheel drive, low-clearance rental car. We hiked up Poverty Gulch on the jeep road, then into Baxter Basin. We passed the trailhead for Daisy Pass and continued instead to Angel Pass. The hike was more than 10 miles round trip.
Starting up Poverty Gulch, with a view of
Schuylkill Mountain
Augusta Mountain (left) and Mineral Point, seen from Poverty Gulch

Cattle on the side of Cascade Mountain
A saddle on the way to Angel Pass
Ptarmigan

Bench lakes
below Mineral Point

Above, Daisy Pass is the notch in the middle.


Dinner
was at the
Ginger Cafe.
Angel Pass (12,104 feet)
Looking back toward Crested Butte from Poverty Gulch
 Augusta Mountain and Mineral Point, seen from Baxter Basin

Daisy Pass (11,656 feet)
is just under the larger cloud.

Angel Pass
More views
from
Angel Pass


Back at the Cristiana Guesthaus, we soaked
in the hot tub, with a view of Mount Crested Butte at sunset.
 

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