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Trailhead.
Flowers along the trail.
Sunrise.
The start of Fowler Trail is very wide.
Wildflowers along the trail.
Fowler Trail cuts through a rocky ridge.
View of Eldorado Mountain (left) and Shirttail Peak (right).
Eldorado Mountain.
Close-up of Shirttail Peak.
The wide trail continues upward.
Getting closer to Mickey Mouse turnoff.
On the way up Mickey Mouse Trail.
First train tunnel.
Mickey Mouse Wall and the scramble to the left.
The start of the scramble.
Climbing the boulderfield is slow and difficult.
Looking back down.
Almost to the top.
At the top, looking through the trees.
Looking toward the Continental Divide to the west.
Some parts of the northeast ridge are less demanding.
More boulders to climb toward the summit.
View from the summit.
Close-up of the Continental Divide.
South Boulder and Bear Peaks.
On the way down the North Ridge.
Parts of the descent are still Class II.
The terrain becomes more mellow as you near the Rattlesnake Gulch Trail.
The other side of Eldorado Canyon.
Viewpoint looking west.
Rattlesnake Gulch Trail.
Shirttail Peak from the south.

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