A quick shot taken as we arrived at Isabelle Lake. Shoshoni Peak to the right. Apache Peak just left of center.

Relaxing on the lounge rock after a long hike in.

Bagels were a great camp food

Saleem along the shores of Isabelle Lake.

Looking down at Pawnee Lake from the West side of Pawnee Pass

Saleem and Neel celebrating their successful descent of Pawnee Pass.

Lone Eagle reflection from our campsite. Did I mention what an amazing site we had?

Our somewhat messy campsite on the first night.

Hard to take a bad shot of Lone Eagle.

Looking North from our campsite across Mirror Lake.

Mirror Lake at sunrise from our campsite #5. Lone Eagle is certainly the big draw, I found the surrounding mountains nearly as impressive.

Neel and Darren at the base of Lone Eagle. Just below sits Crater Lake.

Darren and Neel taking a quick break along the trail.

Along the trail to Triangle Lake.

Took a quick break at the base of Lone Eagle before making a final push to Triangle Lake. Quite a view!

Triangle Lake, which sits directly below Apache Peak, is fed by the Fair Glacier several hundred feet above.

Neel taking in the views above Triangle Lake.

Happy to have reached our day hike destination, I stop to take in the views above Triangle Lake.

Darren looking down on Triangle Lake. We descended to the shoreline and decided to take a dip in the lake. Must have been just a few degrees above freezing, but at least we can say we swam in a glacial lake that still had some small icebergs!

Polar Bear swimming

The icy shoreline of Triangle Lake.

This small alpine pond sits just below Triangle Lake and was exploding with wildflowers.

Looking down from the Triangle Lake outlet to one of the greenest valleys I've seen in Colorado. We decided to downclimb the outlet/waterfall so that we could experience the area up close.

This is what it's all about...one of my favorite day hikes ever.

Hard to describe in words how beautiful this valley was....It's a privilege to live so close to such an amazing wilderness area.

Green Valley, Big mountains