Capitol from the trailhead
Are cows allowed in wilderness?
The view from the Capitol Ditch trail
Still hiking...
King's crown
Near the lake
Columbine
Wildflower garden
Columbine
RCR
Paintbrush
Capitol Peak
More wildflowers
Parry primrose
After 3 hours, we arrived at the Capitol Lake campsites
Capitol from our camp
The wildflowers around Capitol Lake are some of the best I have ever seen
Capitol Lake and the NW Buttress of Capitol Peak
Sky pilot
Our original objective, the NW buttress. The second pitch was wet from snowmelt and recent rain, causing us to rethink our plans
Capitol Lake from Capitol Pass
Lots of fish, good sized...hard to catch
Sunset on Capitol
Up early, to climb Capitol via the NE Ridge
RCR
More flowers
Climbing to the Daly-K2 saddle
We decided not to do the standard route, but a variation that followed the ridge the whole way from the saddle
Starting the ridge
Beckie climbing the ridge between Mt. Daly (background) and K2