Ebbetts Pass hike.
This hike was from the parking lot at the east
end of Highland Lake. The lake is down a paved/dirt road 1.4 miles
west of the summit of Ebbetts Pass. Note there are now signs
anywhere for the trails and junctions of the trail. Good cross
country hiking skills are needed. We had to cross a stream
right away. The hike was short 3 miles round trip. We ate
lunch at Upper Gardner Meadow. The last picture is the Leviathan
Mine, which is an abandoned open pit sulpher mine. It is a superfund
site, as the acid water drainage out of the pit goes into the local
streams.