The beginning of Cottonwood Meadows trail The first meadow on Cottonwood Meadows trail The first meadow on Cottonwood meadows trail - the meadow was completely dry At the "lake" (Cottonwood Meadow lake?) - someone drug a boat in here!!!! Lake at Cottonwood Meadows Lake at Cottonwood Meadows Lake at Cottonwood Meadows What did this tree say? At first I thought it was a section marker tree, but it isn't close to a section line - T something 23? Part of the beautiful lower section of Cottonwood meadows Beautiful fall colors on the lower stretch of Cottonwood Meadows Old Blaze next to trail on a BIG tree on the lower section of Cottonwood Meadows Roaring River Wilderness sign near old painted blaze - the painted blazes didn't last long above 4635-120 - maybe a tenth of a mile One of the messy blowdown areas on the lower section of Cottonwood Meadows