Thunder Mountain-Lobo Snowshoe

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Eugenie and Amy 'shoeing up to the saddle betrween Thunder and Lobo. It's about a 700 ft climb, starting at 10,800.

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Nearing the summit of Thunder Mountain; wind was an issue

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You can see the wind carved snow

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Sue and Suan crossing Thunder's summit, at about 11500 ft. It was quite windy on the climb up as we neared the summit. Most of the trees are dead from Spruce beetle

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Our lunch spot, just over the brown and with afew spruce to protect us from the wind. It was quite pleasant without the breeze.

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The view from lunch

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Great views of (from left) Long Trek, Montezuma, Unicorn, and Summit Peaks, all close to or above 13000 ft

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We headed down the back side of Thunder, out of (most of) the wind

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After reaching the saddle between Thunder and Lobo, we climbed the north slope of Lobo

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We traversed across Lobo at about the 11400 ft level. Good views of Wolf Creek Ski area and Alberta peak across Wolf Creek Pass

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Much of the snow on the east facing slopes of Lobo was scoured off by the wind

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Heading down from Lobo

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The final descent back to the parking area.