Hiking the Enchantments 2002: Flowers & Lakes

Since spring comes later at high altitudes, there were flowers all over. I enjoyed these tiny ones.

orange heather flowers

And more.

tiny pink flowers

All around us were the most beautiful lakes.

sparking lake with mountain background

The lakes are snow-fed.

snow melting across rock into lake

This lake had a sword of rock jutting out into it with a sheer drop at the end.

a lake with a rock point out into it

Each lake cascades into the next.

a stream through rocks from a lake

The outlet waterfalls are fantastic.

stream waterfall

Little Annapurna (named for a similar-looking peak in the Himalayas) is very distinctive.

Annapurna across lake with island