Well this is one more of the panorama photo sets I've made on this awesome through hike. The colors here were just fantastic and if you followed all the previous parts, there are some amazing scenes and panoramas to caputre on this beautiful route.
Here are a few more from the journey down the south side of this amazing ridge. Its amazing to see these purple flowers, that seem to be thriving just on the surface of the rock. Not much soil here obviously, but they still seem to grow somehow!
The valley and ridge on the way down are green and scattered with a few awesome boulder fields.
These huge rocks are impressive, towering over the trail.
The valley here is awesome as well, I really like how you can see the trail just go off into the distance over the ridge.
Luckily some kilometers can be covered quickly thorugh this awesome scenic spot, since its much flatter than elsewhere.
This is now part way out, looking back to the north to the summit on the center left with the long traverse ridge we've just come down.
There was heavy thunder and lightning back behind us, gaining on us, so it was time to motor and get off the ridge before we get caught in it. The skies were definitely darkening in a few areas.
And one last photo before I put the camera away. We got off the ridge in time, but had plenty of mountain left to descent, yet it did start raining on and off for a bit. 30 minutes later the sun was back out, we were down in the forests and had a great dry hike back to our second vehicle.
Here is the map and stats if you find that interesting. I always do.
Overall, a fantastic hike and a super day. I hope you enjoyed all these panorama series, please follow and I'll have more hiking photos coming at ya!