Summit Lake Cliff Hike 9/4/2019
This hike was 3.1 miles.  It goes from Summit Lake to Upper Chicago Lake and then back.
It is a hike on a cliff and there is no room for a mistake.
 The cliff is a vertical climb of 1126
feet
and extremely steep.
As we get close we come across
two marmots.
.
Looking back to the south.
We start back up from another
hike
.  A mistake anywhere on the
cliff would be very costly.
A little further on the way to
Upper Chicago Lake
.
View of the cliff from another
hike.
The trailhead at Summit Lake.
Panoramic from Summit Lake trailhead looking
back at the Chicago Lakes valley.  7/2/2017
Panoramic of the valley from the
trailhead
.
After a short hike a look back
to the south
.
At about halfway down the trail
gets less steep
.
They seem to be kissing and
totally ignore us
.
A little further and we get a good
look up the valley
.
Upper  Chicago Lake
Panoramic of the Chicago Lakes valley from
the Mt. Evans Summit Trail.  8/25/2017
A panoramic of the entire
valley
.
Looking south as we start our
climb back
.
Approaching Summit Lake
trailhead
.
Summit Lake on 9/4/2019