Catamount falls at the base of the trail:
Up we go:
Tree fungus:
There were a bunch of trees here that must have been knocked partially over in a mudslide, and then started to grow upwards again:
Takin' a break and looking back down the mountain:
Up after the first crest of the trail, we found ourselves in a valley aptly named 'The Garden of Eden':
Big Tree:
Quite beautiful:
At the base of the falls coming into the last stretch up to the reservoirs.
Two hours later (slow going for sea-level dwellers up at ~9300 feet), we made it to the reservoir:
Pikes Peak. The little tiny rectangle on the summit is the visitor's center, from where I took a picture of the reservoir a few days prior.
A pool on the other side of the dam.
We had to beat the oncoming rain on the trip down. But we survived.
