What a difference a few hours makes in the mountains. Maroon Bells around 6am:
Aaaaaand Maroon Bells around 10 or 11:
In truth, this weather was coming in even as I was taking the other photo. Within about 20 minutes of that first shot, clouds had started to roll up over the peak. It was a very questionable piece of weather and it is entirely possible that we would have met nothing more than a cold wind and low visibility, but we decided not to chance it. Not least because descending the face just above this section would have been pretty dicey even if all it did was rain- slippery grass + mud + loose rocks + 45 degree or more slope = chance to fall a very long way.
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