
View back toward Hoosier Pass as I start up the dirt road/trail.

View toward the tundra ridgeline I'd soon be ascending.

Looking back shortly before leaving the road and ascending the tundra. Mount Lincoln visible left, Quandary Peak on the right.

Ascending the tundra slope.

Montgomery Reservoir comes into view below. I ascended from the forest in the center of this photo, Hoosier Pass.

Mount Silverheels pops into view on the right.

Along the ridgeline, view toward Hoosier ridge and Red Mountain, way over there.

First I headed south toward Mount Silverheels. The route I took leads along the tundra on the left and up to the ridge, then heads south to the base of the peak.

View back toward the ridgeline I left.

On the ridge leading south to Mount Silverheels.

Close-up toward Mount Silverheels. The route leads up the slope just right of the lens flare in this photo.

Nearing the base of the talus.

View back along the ridgeline. I came from the ridge on the left.

Another poor hiker who chose to do Mount Silverheels today. There was no social trail until reaching th talus.

View back from along the social trail in the talus. Hoosier Ridge visible along the ridgeline.

Minor Class 2. The social trail leads up to the summit ridge.

On the summit ridge to Mount Silverheels.

Mount Silverheels summit, view north. Hoosier Ridge visible center. Bald Mountain also visible to its right in the distance.

Mount Silverheels summit, view south.

Back along the ridge, now headed north. This is a view back toward Mount Silverheels.

Lots of tundra walking along the undulating ridgeline.

And some minor talus-hopping.

View back. Mount Silverheels left, Hoosier Pass out of frame on the right.

Hoosier Ridge ahead.

View back again, Silverheels left, Hoosier Pass in the trees on the right.

More talus on the way to Hoosier Ridge.

Hoosier Ridge center. One final hump obstacle in the way.

Hoosier Ridge right of center, Red Mountain left of center.

Class 2 up to Hoosier Ridge.

Hoosier Ridge, view back along the ridgeline. Mount Silverheels on the left.

Down to the saddle with Red Mountain.

At the base of Red Mountain.

Class 2, the crux of the hike. There's a sweet spot on the left in this photo where the talus feels more secure and slightly less steep.

View back toward Hoosier Ridge from Red Mountain.

Red Mountain, view west toward the more jagged 13ers near Breckenridge. Hoosier Pass, my trailhead, is on the left.

Red Mountain view toward Bald Mountain (left) and Boreas Mountain (right).
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