• Deer Mount...

    IMGP4772.jpg Deer Mountain peeks over Eagle Cliff from Sweet Memorial at the YMCA. The hikers made it up the 3-mile trip to Deer Mountain on a gorgeous Sunday in RMNP. image by hikemaster2

  • YMCA hiker...

    IMGP4773.jpg YMCA hikers atop Deer Mountain, with the Front Range core of RMNP in the backdrop. Left to right: Hikemaster Scott, Jan, Travis, Danny, and Joey. Thanks for coming, everyone! What an amazingly pleasant group of people to hike with! image by hikemaster2

  • Southeast ...

    IMGP4776.jpg Southeast view from the summit of Deer Mountain. image by hikemaster2

  • Travis (le...

    IMGP4779.jpg Travis (left) and Joey (right) have been coming to the YMCA since they were born, every year! They're as loyal and consistent in hiking with the YMCA as anybody you'll ever meet! image by hikemaster2

  • Hikemaster...

    IMGP4782.jpg Hikemaster Scott has gotten famous for bringing Black Forest gummy bears on his hikes, and everyone seems to love them more than trail mix! Here, Joey shows off a handful of the goods during lunch on Deer Mountain! image by hikemaster2

  • Travis pos...

    IMGP4783.jpg Travis poses in front of the Estes Valley to the southeast of Deer Mountain on a gorgeous day in RMNP. image by hikemaster2

  • Looking do...

    IMGP4789.jpg Looking down from Deer Mountain (10,053 ft) on Eagle Cliff and the YMCA grounds (near the top of the photo). This point really does have a commanding view! image by hikemaster2

  • Longs Peak...

    IMGP4790.jpg Longs Peak, highest point in RMNP (14,259 ft), soars in the distance to the south. This shot from Deer Mountain's summit doesn't show the ice/snow that Hikemaster Scott's group got stopped by the day before. image by hikemaster2

  • Lunchtime ...

    IMGP4791.jpg Lunchtime atop Deer Mountain. What a great day in RMNP! The weather is finally warming up again! image by hikemaster2

  • Good times...

    IMGP4795.jpg Good times with good friends: Travis, Joey, and Danny enjoy a photo on their first hike together for 2009. They're planning some big stuff together over the next 2 weeks, and Hikemaster Scott hopes he can get in on a little of the action too! image by hikemaster2

  • Hikemaster...

    IMGP4799.jpg Hikemaster Scott (right) with two of his favorite YMCA hikers from past years: Joey (left) and Travis (right). Scott was wondering when these guys were gonna show up in the Rockies this year! They're here, and they seem to love hiking with Scott. image by hikemaster2

  • Hikemaster...

    IMGP4800.jpg Hikemaster Scott enjoys a photo with Danny Arkfield, music major at Northwestern. Danny knows Scott's brother's music teacher Gail Williams and is one awesome dude! He and Scott did Pagoda (2008) and Alice (2007) together. image by hikemaster2

  • Hikemaster...

    IMGP4801.jpg Hikemaster Scott had never led the 3-mile trip to Deer Mountain, which normally can be rather hot. This day, however, the breeze was cool and made the hike quite pleasant. He was glad to have led it with Travis Hughes and his friends from Omaha! image by hikemaster2

  • Hikemaster...

    IMGP4802.jpg Hikemaster Scott, atop Deer Mountain. This northward view reveals two of the most recognizable peaks in the Mummy Range: Ypsilon Mountain (left, 13,514 ft, 5th ranked in RMNP) and Fairchild Mountain (right, 13,502 ft, 6th ranked in RMNP). image by hikemaster2

  • Danny enjo...

    IMGP4805.jpg Danny enjoyed the trip to Deer Mountain. Hikemaster Scott enjoyed this "reunion" with some of his favorite 2007 and 2008 hikers from Omaha, including Danny. Danny did Pagoda with Scott in 2008 and Alice with Scott in 2007. image by hikemaster2

  • Joey prepa...

    IMGP4810.jpg Joey prepares to descend Deer Mountain. He and Hikemaster Scott will get some ping-pong games going at the YMCA later! Joey is very musically inclined like his brother Danny, and played similar classical piano to that which Scott did at his age. image by hikemaster2

  • YMCA Deer ...

    IMGP4813.jpg YMCA Deer Mountain hikers: Jan, Danny, Travis, and Joey. Danny and Joey are siblings from Omaha, and Jan and Travis are both from Texas (but unrelated). These folks have many more years of YMCA experience than Hikemaster Scott.... image by hikemaster2

  • Jan (left)...

    IMGP4814.jpg Jan (left) and Travis chat at a trail junction just 0.2 miles down from the Deer Mountain summit. Travis relates his experience to Jan of getting struck by lightning near Mills Lake on July 8, 2008. image by hikemaster2

  • Joey makes...

    IMGP4816.jpg Joey makes a boot adjustment on the way down Deer Mountain. Joey had lots of questions for Hikemaster Scott about mathematics on the way down....he's gonna do great things (after he succombs to the temptation to major in math!!!). image by hikemaster2

  • After thei...

    IMGP4819.jpg After their 6 mile hike up Deer Mountain (10,053 ft)...lookin' good! Great job everybody! Left to right: Joey, Travis, Danny, Jan, and Hikemaster Scott. This was one of the most enjoyable group of folks to visit with of the entire summer! image by hikemaster2
 
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