Curt
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This was a trip from Elkhart Park to the Titcomb Basin. There have been many posts here for this trip but none recently so I thought I'd add another to the opus.
The Titcomb Basin has been on the bucket list for a long time. I made a trip up here several years ago on a long 4 day weekend with the idea of scouting out the area. The drive is more than 800 miles from eastern Nebraska by the shortest route. I didn't quite make it to Seneca Lake that weekend. It was an exhausting weekend and I decided that if I wanted to go to the mountains on a long weekend, the Colorado / Wyoming front range made a lot more sense. But my interest was piqued and I've been wanting to go back to the Winds ever since and especially to try to get to Titcomb Basin. @b.stark e-mailed me this spring to see if I was interested in going on a trip to the Titcomb Basin that he was putting together. I said yes and cleared the calendar. Our group came from all over to make the trip. A couple of us came from eastern Nebraska. A couple came from the Rapid City, South Dakota area, and one came up from Tucson. It was everything I had hoped for. I had my 63rd birthday on this trip and this was a great way to celebrate a birthday. Thank you again, @b.stark.
Tarn adjacent to Phtographer's Point. A lot of people at Photographer's Point.
![P7165498.jpg P7165498.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67242-7e54238c9a7a5e808f2d1b8f64aa7a55.jpg)
I liked how it looked like the world just drops away. A lot of wild flowers blooming.
![P7165517.jpg P7165517.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67243-37957503f35789b6867c89b9b559211d.jpg)
Seneca Lake
![P7165530-Pano.jpg P7165530-Pano.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67244-b5b3df95f179b857fd10e6467df502fc.jpg)
![P7165537.jpg P7165537.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67245-4bcdb7b45a2eaabfa316c5e31787cf3c.jpg)
![P7165570.jpg P7165570.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67247-d46a5a7ce88092e0c2ca2076b897f53d.jpg)
Sunset from camp at Seneca Lake.
![P7165573-Pano.jpg P7165573-Pano.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67248-14a24b07445dc3a8d771ff859fabea5f.jpg)
![P7165580.jpg P7165580.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67249-625b3dc53e80d96a5b07b3d4a20dd004.jpg)
![P7165606.jpg P7165606.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67250-6255c1cd60ae64a00f91888e25e04fb8.jpg)
The Milky Way was out when I looked out the tent at midnight.
![P7175616.jpg P7175616.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67251-f25f12ade7cc11a30ab02d85cbfa30a7.jpg)
Mars dominated the night sky.
![P7175637.jpg P7175637.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67252-dab24441d57b8c8c1e6524d43287258c.jpg)
The white blurs around this marmot are mosquitoes. There was a bigger cloud of them around me.
![P7165560.jpg P7165560.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67283-492abfb339eb98738fded701ee6690e8.jpg)
Janette taking in a last view of Seneca Lake.
![P7175677-Pano.jpg P7175677-Pano.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67253-eb749ac26c08df6a83b4fee2c3604ca8.jpg)
This isn't a very good picture but I had never seen a Pika before. Boy they're cute.
![P7175689.jpg P7175689.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67254-64541d8f0378cd0a9633a5165f348032.jpg)
I don't know what these flowers are but they're beautiful.
![P7175700.jpg P7175700.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67255-aebbb180fa6a7ff491ffb0a24c2111bf.jpg)
First view of Island Lake.
![P7175698-Pano.jpg P7175698-Pano.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67284-b25ce4487c9b8f30bdecd4527d92158d.jpg)
After setting up camp at Island Lake we proceeded up to Titcomb Basin. Brianna on the trail.
![P7175720-Pano.jpg P7175720-Pano.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67256-1fe7c0df944177f2b8d77807bba50794.jpg)
![P7175734.jpg P7175734.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67257-517f13ff730b0a6cae2bcef0522083cb.jpg)
Brent said that he's been to the Titcomb Basin several times and it never gets old.
![P7175744.jpg P7175744.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67258-43dfd9fd9b590be93744e62d6c32f0ef.jpg)
![P7175750.jpg P7175750.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67260-fb326a4d2ff0176d1265dd067d93b73d.jpg)
Jared testing the water. He said it was damn cold.
![P7175747.jpg P7175747.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67259-9ff673fe3c6740be3fc75591f4d419c3.jpg)
![P7175763.jpg P7175763.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67261-b32d0a9b4ce9a114724e4dcc5893a94e.jpg)
Red snow!
![P7175781.jpg P7175781.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67262-6be4169c1ebb62b3ce263a4698e52362.jpg)
A storm came up suddenly and we tried to make an escape but it finally caught us and pelted us with pea to marble sized hail for about 15 minutes.
![P7175791.jpg P7175791.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67263-e5a647c99c9dbce796c6db651c6d2e4e.jpg)
Evening back at Island Lake.
![P7175819-Pano.jpg P7175819-Pano.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67264-14182d8a0e4ad4353f3fea1087f74f8c.jpg)
![P7175820-Pano.jpg P7175820-Pano.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67265-597dcddbe8299e7cbc05bbac5c33caf6.jpg)
![P7175881-Pano.jpg P7175881-Pano.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67266-2cb1146da4316d2c32f8f85ae9035e33.jpg)
Morning. The peak is Elephant Head.
![P7185891.jpg P7185891.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67267-d482963e39f8c2d12d25c9100145a15a.jpg)
![P7185905.jpg P7185905.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67268-148bfcb344c466045681e95f89d6192a.jpg)
![P7185928.jpg P7185928.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67269-a122d5c74a0c8124b73637733e4fa053.jpg)
White-crowned Sparrow. These have a nice song, but this one started singing right outside my tent at the first hint of light - and didn't stop. It stayed around for a portrait.
![P7185953.jpg P7185953.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67270-986f3bcb7643eb98d4acab68d98e9806.jpg)
Tarn near Island Lake.
![P7185963.jpg P7185963.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67271-a933a9dfbb4d000abda5e1a1a8907635.jpg)
There were some butterflies I've never seen before. This is a Weidemeyer's Admiral.
![P7186048.jpg P7186048.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67277-8770fd6910e526c27008484e860674f7.jpg)
I think this is an Aphrodite Fritllary.
![P7196150.jpg P7196150.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67281-beb98bd3a0bb6ec1acf6cc746c58e97c.jpg)
We took a day hike over to the water falls where the Titcomb Lakes empty into Island Lake.
![P7185969.jpg P7185969.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67272-c2bc40342b461543b5484f904e2d590e.jpg)
![P7185975.jpg P7185975.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67273-3c27cb58222fa173b8d9700aeb441f06.jpg)
View at the edge of the waterfall.
![P7185986.jpg P7185986.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67286-a8036e797b77a0fab56ea93851db5ef5.jpg)
Evening at Hobbs Lake on the way out.
![P7186081.jpg P7186081.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67278-73fe8773b0f602941c47f146dcb83cde.jpg)
Hobbs Lake again.
![P7186085.jpg P7186085.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67285-83f3c2f5f48e970985fc67de134deeac.jpg)
View from Photographer's Point
![P7196136-Pano.jpg P7196136-Pano.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67280-d50bb3011d046b7c10f0a3a07d60c7f9.jpg)
![P7196123.jpg P7196123.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67279-f3e6197ad8048b410d2e4518b54c9ec6.jpg)
Thanks for looking.
The Titcomb Basin has been on the bucket list for a long time. I made a trip up here several years ago on a long 4 day weekend with the idea of scouting out the area. The drive is more than 800 miles from eastern Nebraska by the shortest route. I didn't quite make it to Seneca Lake that weekend. It was an exhausting weekend and I decided that if I wanted to go to the mountains on a long weekend, the Colorado / Wyoming front range made a lot more sense. But my interest was piqued and I've been wanting to go back to the Winds ever since and especially to try to get to Titcomb Basin. @b.stark e-mailed me this spring to see if I was interested in going on a trip to the Titcomb Basin that he was putting together. I said yes and cleared the calendar. Our group came from all over to make the trip. A couple of us came from eastern Nebraska. A couple came from the Rapid City, South Dakota area, and one came up from Tucson. It was everything I had hoped for. I had my 63rd birthday on this trip and this was a great way to celebrate a birthday. Thank you again, @b.stark.
Tarn adjacent to Phtographer's Point. A lot of people at Photographer's Point.
![P7165498.jpg P7165498.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67242-7e54238c9a7a5e808f2d1b8f64aa7a55.jpg)
I liked how it looked like the world just drops away. A lot of wild flowers blooming.
![P7165517.jpg P7165517.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67243-37957503f35789b6867c89b9b559211d.jpg)
Seneca Lake
![P7165530-Pano.jpg P7165530-Pano.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67244-b5b3df95f179b857fd10e6467df502fc.jpg)
![P7165537.jpg P7165537.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67245-4bcdb7b45a2eaabfa316c5e31787cf3c.jpg)
![P7165570.jpg P7165570.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67247-d46a5a7ce88092e0c2ca2076b897f53d.jpg)
Sunset from camp at Seneca Lake.
![P7165573-Pano.jpg P7165573-Pano.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67248-14a24b07445dc3a8d771ff859fabea5f.jpg)
![P7165580.jpg P7165580.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67249-625b3dc53e80d96a5b07b3d4a20dd004.jpg)
![P7165606.jpg P7165606.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67250-6255c1cd60ae64a00f91888e25e04fb8.jpg)
The Milky Way was out when I looked out the tent at midnight.
![P7175616.jpg P7175616.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67251-f25f12ade7cc11a30ab02d85cbfa30a7.jpg)
Mars dominated the night sky.
![P7175637.jpg P7175637.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67252-dab24441d57b8c8c1e6524d43287258c.jpg)
The white blurs around this marmot are mosquitoes. There was a bigger cloud of them around me.
![P7165560.jpg P7165560.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67283-492abfb339eb98738fded701ee6690e8.jpg)
Janette taking in a last view of Seneca Lake.
![P7175677-Pano.jpg P7175677-Pano.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67253-eb749ac26c08df6a83b4fee2c3604ca8.jpg)
This isn't a very good picture but I had never seen a Pika before. Boy they're cute.
![P7175689.jpg P7175689.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67254-64541d8f0378cd0a9633a5165f348032.jpg)
I don't know what these flowers are but they're beautiful.
![P7175700.jpg P7175700.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67255-aebbb180fa6a7ff491ffb0a24c2111bf.jpg)
First view of Island Lake.
![P7175698-Pano.jpg P7175698-Pano.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67284-b25ce4487c9b8f30bdecd4527d92158d.jpg)
After setting up camp at Island Lake we proceeded up to Titcomb Basin. Brianna on the trail.
![P7175720-Pano.jpg P7175720-Pano.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67256-1fe7c0df944177f2b8d77807bba50794.jpg)
![P7175734.jpg P7175734.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67257-517f13ff730b0a6cae2bcef0522083cb.jpg)
Brent said that he's been to the Titcomb Basin several times and it never gets old.
![P7175744.jpg P7175744.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67258-43dfd9fd9b590be93744e62d6c32f0ef.jpg)
![P7175750.jpg P7175750.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67260-fb326a4d2ff0176d1265dd067d93b73d.jpg)
Jared testing the water. He said it was damn cold.
![P7175747.jpg P7175747.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67259-9ff673fe3c6740be3fc75591f4d419c3.jpg)
![P7175763.jpg P7175763.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67261-b32d0a9b4ce9a114724e4dcc5893a94e.jpg)
Red snow!
![P7175781.jpg P7175781.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67262-6be4169c1ebb62b3ce263a4698e52362.jpg)
A storm came up suddenly and we tried to make an escape but it finally caught us and pelted us with pea to marble sized hail for about 15 minutes.
![P7175791.jpg P7175791.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67263-e5a647c99c9dbce796c6db651c6d2e4e.jpg)
Evening back at Island Lake.
![P7175819-Pano.jpg P7175819-Pano.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67264-14182d8a0e4ad4353f3fea1087f74f8c.jpg)
![P7175820-Pano.jpg P7175820-Pano.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67265-597dcddbe8299e7cbc05bbac5c33caf6.jpg)
![P7175881-Pano.jpg P7175881-Pano.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67266-2cb1146da4316d2c32f8f85ae9035e33.jpg)
Morning. The peak is Elephant Head.
![P7185891.jpg P7185891.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67267-d482963e39f8c2d12d25c9100145a15a.jpg)
![P7185905.jpg P7185905.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67268-148bfcb344c466045681e95f89d6192a.jpg)
![P7185928.jpg P7185928.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67269-a122d5c74a0c8124b73637733e4fa053.jpg)
White-crowned Sparrow. These have a nice song, but this one started singing right outside my tent at the first hint of light - and didn't stop. It stayed around for a portrait.
![P7185953.jpg P7185953.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67270-986f3bcb7643eb98d4acab68d98e9806.jpg)
Tarn near Island Lake.
![P7185963.jpg P7185963.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67271-a933a9dfbb4d000abda5e1a1a8907635.jpg)
There were some butterflies I've never seen before. This is a Weidemeyer's Admiral.
![P7186048.jpg P7186048.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67277-8770fd6910e526c27008484e860674f7.jpg)
I think this is an Aphrodite Fritllary.
![P7196150.jpg P7196150.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67281-beb98bd3a0bb6ec1acf6cc746c58e97c.jpg)
We took a day hike over to the water falls where the Titcomb Lakes empty into Island Lake.
![P7185969.jpg P7185969.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67272-c2bc40342b461543b5484f904e2d590e.jpg)
![P7185975.jpg P7185975.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67273-3c27cb58222fa173b8d9700aeb441f06.jpg)
View at the edge of the waterfall.
![P7185986.jpg P7185986.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67286-a8036e797b77a0fab56ea93851db5ef5.jpg)
Evening at Hobbs Lake on the way out.
![P7186081.jpg P7186081.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67278-73fe8773b0f602941c47f146dcb83cde.jpg)
Hobbs Lake again.
![P7186085.jpg P7186085.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67285-83f3c2f5f48e970985fc67de134deeac.jpg)
View from Photographer's Point
![P7196136-Pano.jpg P7196136-Pano.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67280-d50bb3011d046b7c10f0a3a07d60c7f9.jpg)
![P7196123.jpg P7196123.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/67/67279-f3e6197ad8048b410d2e4518b54c9ec6.jpg)
Thanks for looking.
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