Seven Lakes

The little burg of Pearl, elevation 8405, on the way to the  Beaver Creek Trailhead.

Pearl used to be a thriving town with a copper smelter.  Now it is a collection of summer homes and a few ranches.

The Beaver Creek Trailhead.  It took me an hour to drive here.

This is a cairn which is a heap of stones piled up as a landmark.  Parts of the Buffalo Ridge Trail that goes to Seven Lakes were very hard to follow.

An alpine meadow

Dakota at our lunch spot

Looking south towards the Sawtooth Range

At the intersection of the Buffalo Ridge Trail and the Big Creek Trail

Seven Lakes - not sure if there are actually seven lakes, but there is a collection of small alpine lakes

NOTES: These pictures were taken with my old Canon Powershot.  Zoe and Bear went on the ride too.  Easy to turn around and plenty of parking at the trailhead.  The weather was very pleasant.  Two of Red Feather's truck and trailers were there, but never saw anyone on the trail.  
The Buffalo Ridge Trail from the intersection with the Beaver Creek trail was in very bad shape with a lot of downed timber.