At the Cairns

As we finally reached the summit after almost 3.5 hours of hiking, this was a view back down from where we had come after we had been on the summit. We had ascended with a total elevation of 1,345 metres. The clouds had closed in some of which was crossing our path.

The stone ‘cairns’, one of which is in the foreground, are used to take bearings and map readings when the path is covered by snow and/or visibility is reduced by the clouds.

Overall, the weather was very good with great visibility and even moments of blue sky. It was only when we had descended almost halfway back down that the weather started to consistently deteriorate and the rocks steps became slippery under foot.

My inspiration for this came from one of my favourite photographers of all time, Ansel Adams . Also one of many people’s favourite photographer.