SP member Ellen Ritt walks along a sudden drop-off, where we ran out of mountain to climb. Were it not for an unlikely passage through a notch between some rock spires, this would have been the end of the line! The expansive Uncompahgre Wilderness, Middle Cimarron, is ruled over with undisputed authority by mighty Uncompahgre Peak in this rarely seen angle. San Juan Mountains, Cimarron Range, Summer, 2003.

Photo by Aaron Johnson