The early morning sun peaks into the forest and onto the trail.

A view toward Mt. Elbert from the Mt. Massive trail.

We break out of treeline and catch our first glimpe of Mt. Massive's cloud-obscured summit.

A look at the clouds still hanging over the Arkansas River valley.

A self-portrait with Massive's summit in the background.

A view up the trail (Massive's summit ridge on the right).

Another look at the early morning clouds over Leadville.

A few hundred feet shy of the saddle.

The clouds were rolling in, but I felt that the weather would hold.

Turning toward the summit just below the ridge.

Clouds reduce the visibility to just a few feet.

An eerie look toward the Massive summit from the ridgeline.

After meeting Ian on my way down, he continued to the summit as I took this picture.