This was taken soon after sunrise at Ruby Marsh National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada. This marsh lies on the eastern side of the Ruby Mountains and borders the national forest. There were an enormous number of fish and birds here.
This is a view from the road into Lamoille Canyon (see below) in the Ruby Mountains in Humboldt National Forest.
This is a view of Lamoille Canyon (a classic glacier carved U-shaped valley) from a couple miles up a trail and near the boundary of the Ruby Mountains Wilderness. This trail (The Ruby Crest National Scenic Trail) runs for about 40 miles along the crest of the range.
This is the view in basically the exact opposite direction from the previous image (well you probably can't see both at once but you wouldn't have to walk far). This is Liberty Lake - the second largest alpine lake in Nevada (which doesn't mean it is all that big). However, it was large enough that it wouldn't fit in my camera's field of view at a focal length of 35mm.
This is a view of the Medicine Bow range (also known as the Snowy's) in Medicine Bow National Forest in Wyoming. It was taken just a short distance up the trail to Medicine Bow Peak. The trail leaves from the Snowy Range Scenic Byway. Medicine Bow Peak itself may be visible far to the right in the image, but I am not sure.
The is the view from the top of Medicine Bow Peak (12013ft=3662m). The trail is quite easy in comparison with most that I take. I was only in this range two nights and I got hailed on both nights. That ever interesting mountain weather.
This is a columbine that was along Medicine Bow Lake (the lake visible in the previous image).
This is an "island" in Medicine Bow Lake with an interesting tree growing on it.
The Snowy Range Scenic Byway reaches elevations of 10847ft (3306m) so it is well above treeline. This is what some of the trees near the road look like. They have branches only opposite the normal wind direction and they are growing as much horizontally as vertically.