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| Looking down the Bear River headwaters, with Flat Top Mountain in the distance |
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Flat Top Mountain behind another ridge |
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The trail south along the top of the Flat Tops |
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More of the top of the Flat Tops rising up to Derby Peak |
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Two beautiful unnamed lakes (now Jason and Sara Lakes) on the way to Deer Lake |
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| A broader view from the same spot. At the far left there are a number of spots that are a giant heard of sheep. I thought this was one of the most beautiful spots on our whole trip |
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Another shot from the same spot - the ridge behind rising up to Sheep Mountain was also quite spectacular |
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Some very hardy Columbine growing in the rocks at 11400 feet |
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Looking south from near the two unnamed lakes the ridges going around were very impressive |
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| The Derby Creek Valley from near Deer Lake |
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Deer Lake from the north |
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Some tiny but very bright flowers along the trail |
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Deer Lake from the south - just off to the right of the picture the hill drops very steeply for about 500 feet |
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Looking down the Derby Creek Valley again |
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| Upper Island Lake is sort of interesting because it looks like the water level in it changes through out the year, there was a high water ring around it like a reservoir |
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Island Lake near sunset |
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| More of Island Lake at the same time of day |
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A pretty reflection of the mountains and clouds in Island Lake |
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Derby Peak over a field full of flowers |
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A huge alpine meadow with Dome Peak in the background |
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Looking back where we had hiked from that day, all the way from near the snow capped ridge in the background |
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A hillside covered in aspens and meadows but for some reason all the aspens look dead in the picture |
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Looking north past Road Lake up the north fork of Derby Creek |
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The beavers had been more industrious than the trail crew here, and the trail went right through the middle of a pond |
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Our campsite at Keener Lake |
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| Keener Lake in the morning |
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| Hooper Lake is just above Keener so we went over for a quick look |
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| Looking from near the top of the pass back down the Derby Creek north fork, with Hooper Lake in the trees at the right |
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| The same valley from part way up Flat Top Mountain |
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The north edge of Flat Top Mountain |
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Sara walking up Flat Top Mountain with Hooper Lake behind her |
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Some very pretty little blue flowers that were all over Flat Top Mountain |
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The view southeast from the top of Flat Top Mountain |
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We have photographic proof that we were both at the top |
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One of the storms we had to wait out a little while still building after it had gone past us |
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The Mandall Valley from the top |
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Sara looking out over the scalloped edges of the mountain |
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| A panorama from the top looking west to north |
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We could see dots of snow throughout the Flat Tops from the top |
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Some brilliant pink Indian Paint Brush |
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One of the many fields of flowers we saw on our trip |
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Sara hiking through the trees on the way out |