Cottonwood Meadows

Some of the fall colors on the Cottonwood Meadows trail More fall colors on the Cottonwood Meadows trail More fall colors entering the first meadow on the Cottonwood Meadows trail Not sure what this lake is called - Cot Lake?  On the Cottonwood Meadows trail Not sure what this lake is called - Cot Lake?  On the Cottonwood Meadows trail Not sure what this lake is called - Cot Lake?  On the Cottonwood Meadows trail Third meadow on the Cottonwood Meadows trail Third meadow on the Cottonwood Meadows trail I think that is the Mt Mitchell overlook on the Rimrock trail up there in the center of the photo Zoom in of what I think that is the Mt Mitchell overlook on the Rimrock trail Zoom in of what I think that is the Mt Mitchell overlook on the Rimrock trail Zoom in of what I think that is the Mt Mitchell overlook on the Rimrock trail Zoom in of what I think that is the Mt Mitchell overlook on the Rimrock trail Someone put up a rock cairn where the trail leaves the 5830-240 road This looked like a VERY large Elk hoof print - I almost thought it was a horse but it appears to have a line down the middle Big uproot on the Cottonwood Meadows trail belows the 5830-265 spur The 4635-120 spur road - no one has come up here for a while (since all those roads are closed) A red blaze near the bottom of the Cottonwood Meadows trail One of the many downed logs near the bottom of the Cottonwood Meadows trail One of the many downed logs near the bottom of the Cottonwood Meadows trail Fall colors Fall Colors The first meadow on the Cottonwood Meadows trail Fall colors across the  canyon on the 5830 road Fall colors across the  canyon on the 5830 road