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The next day we did the usual camp/horse stuff and then decided to take
our fishing gear and start heading up towards the Cirque of Towers. |
| There was a small lake (3 acres or so) that was about 200 yards from our
camp. We stopped there and decided to try our luck. We didn't have much hope
as it was already around 2:00 in the afternoon. But, since it was overcast there
were many fish feeding on the surface. |
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Keith managed to land two fish. They weren't huge, but they were
around 10 inches or so. Here is Keith with one of his catches. We released all
of the fish as soon as we caught them so that other people could enjoy them as much as we
did. |
| I also caught 2 fish of a similar size. Jeff wasn't fly fishing, he
was using a spinning rod. Before we got there, I would have bet that Jeff would have
had better luck with the spinning outfit than we did with our poor fly fishing skills.
However, the trout did not seem interested in what Jeff had to offer. |
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Here I am with one of my catches. Eventually the sun came out and
spoiled our fun. We decided to stash the fishing gear and walk the rest of the way
up to the cirque. |
| This is Pingora. It is not the tallest peak (approx. 11,700ft) but
it is probably the most prominant peak in the Cirque of Towers. There are many fine
climbing routes on Pingora but we didn't climb any of them since we had no climbing gear
with us on this trip. Maybe next time. |
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This is us in front of Pingora. |
