San Juan Nat'l Forest

On the way to Provo, I took I40 all the way to Albuquerque and then some state road through the San Juan National forest up through Colorado. Since I was there, and it looked cool from Google Earth, I figured I might as well do some backpacking.

Some pass on the way.

I ended up sleeping at a place called Ice Lake. About 5 miles of backpacking from 9,500 feet to a sleeping elevation of a little over 12,000 feet.

Hiking up, a lower lake, and the view from my tent.

It was breathtaking. Unfortunately, it also turns out that when you live at sea level for 3 months and then attempt to sleep at 12,000 feet that you get headaches and nausea and stuff associated with altitude sickness. Its not cool. Don't do it.