Cirque of the Towers

• Date:  8-9-19
• Day:  4
• Start: 10
• End: 1805 
• Miles: 17   5 CDT, 12 Alt
• Hours:  12
• High Temp: 70
• Low Temp:  55
• Thru Hikers Met: 10

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Morning cones to Clear Lake

Big Sandy Lake

Panorama looking south from Jackass Pass

Looking north from Jackas Pass

Entering the Cirque 

Panorama as we enter the valley of the Cirque 






Lonesome Lake


The Cirque of the Towers 

Panorama of the Cirque 

Looking south as we leave the Cirque 

The edge of the Cirque as we ascend Texas Pass


Looking north from Texas Pass 11,439’




The backside of the Cirque as we leave that powerful beauty 

A large  meadow greets us as we continue 

We left the powerful beauty of the massive granite to a splendid open meadow that stretched for miles. 

A boots off stream

Heading to new places north 

The dramatic Wyoming sky keeps changing by the minute 

We made camp by a small unnamed lake. While David filtered water he observed a beaver slap the water a few times as a warning to stay clear of his lake. 

This day was more than I had imagined, powerful and beautiful. 

Steep climb of of Cirque to highest point on this trip 11439’. We left the powerful beauty through a beautiful green meadow studded  with lakes and a stream. Nice to be back on the mother trail. The Cirque of the Towers was more than imagined. Shear granite towers and walls everywhere. 

A gentle rain provided a sleep serenade last night. The clear blue sky welcomed our wakening. In short orted we are off to view the Cirque of the Towers. We have two passes to do today

Camped by no name lake