One more “big mountain day” before calling it quits on route back east.

Cloud Peak and the Bighorn Mountains from the road

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Trailhead views

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First view of the thing

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Moose #5 and #6

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Moose #7 and #8 (not shown), they seem to come in pairs

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Cool clouds

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Misty Moon Lake

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One last view of Cloud Peak before getting onto it itself. I’d basically be following that ridge to the summit.

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The classic summit view

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Lake De Smet in the distance and the abyss. This really is the first “real mountains” you see coming from the east.

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Rugged Peaks to the north, Mount Woolsey and The Innominate?

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Tagged this other feature because it looked just as high as the true summit

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The sharp walls of Cloud Peak

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Abundant alpine lakes to the west

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The long way back to the car

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Succulents? Never seen one in the alpine before, there were so many

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One more look at Misty Moon Lake

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One more look at Cloud Peak

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Notes

• This was probably ~23 miles and ~6300 feet of vertical gain in 9-ish hours.