View just off of the Refrigerator Canyon Trailhead.
Refrigerator Canyon stays cool year round.
Another look at the neighboring limestone cliffs.
Enter the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness.
Climb up the slopes of Sheep Mountain.
A blanket of forest past the first saddle.
A recent burn leaves plenty of sunlight for forest floor growth.
Remnants of the burn itself have a unique beauty to them.
Bear Prairie.
Backcountry camping on the fringe of Bear Prairie.
Morning clouds roll hauntingly though the trees at high elevation.
Tree with stones in the notches marking the junction of Big Log Gulch Trail and the unmarked Keepout Gulch Trail.
Stunning landscape down Big Log Gulch.