Day Hike #1 - Up the Left Fork

The Arrigetch Mountains are unique in their granite faced cliffs.  This was our goal - to check them out.  The picture below is a attempt at a panorama.  You get the idea, anyway.

You can't see this picture on the right very well, but it gives you some idea.  Our base camp is labeled.  If you follow the Arrigetch Creek (proceed left and down on the map), you can see it forks soon after our base camp.

We had four days for four days hikes.  Today we decided to go up the left fork of the creek and then go up the valley on the right when the creek forked again.

It felt good to be walking with just a day pack!

The day was beautiful!

The falls on the right are mirror imaged by a big snowbank next to it. 

We walked up the stream to a series of frozen lakes. 

Looking back the way we came.

It was amazing to see various caribou horns and poop from years previous.  I assume that the caribou poop was from the fall before and was well preserved.  Maybe freeze dried?
I couldn't figure out why caribou would be up this high, but Ashley set me straight - getting away from mosquitoes.  She said they they go high on the mountain ridges to escape the devil bugs.

This gives you an idea of the "big country" nature of the area.  You just can't tell how big or how far distances are.  It's just big.

Here's our lunch spot.  Nice view.