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Wyoming

More cliff faces in the Teton Wilderness.

An infestation of pine bark beetles has completely killed off this forest of lodgepole pines in Bridger-Teton National Forest north of the Wind River Range.

The northern approach to the Wind River Range, a captivating site indeed.

The Tetons as seen from the CDT just north of the Wind Rivers. Unfortunately the CDT can really only visit one of the two places, since they are east-west from each other, though some CDT hikers have done both.

More pine beetle damage near where the Green River flows out from the Winds.

The Winds top out at over 13,000 feet and at one point were covered in massive glaciers, which left numerous small alpine lakes when they melted off.

The Winds, like the Sierra Nevada, are the result of the hardening and subsequent uplifting of a large underground magma chamber. Erosion caused by runoff and glaciers is responsible for the Winds today.

One of my better campsites. It was not my preference to camp out in the open like that, but it was a calm night and I was caught way above treeline when it got dark.

Granite domes and crags reflect off this alpine lake.

More granite and another alpine lake.

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