All day long, storm clouds contested the sun, and snow even fell lightly and briefly once. This scene is from McClellan Mountain's southwestern ridge as I returned from the summit to the ridge leading back to Argentine Pass. The mountain in the background is Torreys Peak; the pinnacle in the foreground offers Class 3 scrambling to a precipitous perch the like of which not often found in this section of the Front Range.

Front Range, Colorado-- September 3, 2007