Handies Mountain hike

Today, we escaped Society and planned to summit our first 14er, Handies Peak. It's peak is at 14,053 ft. We drove north to Silverton to an offroad route over Cinnamon pass then to the American Basin trail head. This trail leads to the summit of Handies.

Here we are at the start of the hike.


Brianna and Rebecca moving along.


Posing for some self-photos.


Sloan lake, a glacier lake in the middle. There was a guy fly fishing there! We were just below the summit.


Up on the peak! A very commanding 360 degree view! It was a bit windy and felt like 35 degrees, not a cloud in the sky!


On the way down, we stopped off at Sloan Lake to rest.


High country flowers with the family..


Below is a short video of the entire trip!!



What to do next weekend...???