James Peak Lake Hike 06/27/2012
This was a short hike after a long mountain drive.  The trailhead is
accessable only by rough mountain road.  The hike from the trailhead is
2.2 miles roundtrip with a vertical climb of 409 feet.  The entire hike is
above treeline.
It takes 6 miles of mountain road
to get to the trailhead.
James Peak from the trail
looking west.
James Peak Lake
View from the cabin of James Peak
Lake.
The trailhead for the James
Peak Lake trail.
Meadow approaching the lake.
Cabin with a lake view built by
an early settler.
Panoramic from the trailhead of the
valley east of James Peak.
James Peak from the trail
looking west.
The trail going down to the lake.
Panoramic looking down on the James Peak Lake
valley
from the trail of the James Peak Hike.