Twelve Thousand Feet Above Sea Level

We were supposed to go to the highest point in the area on our first day. But dad was suffering from altitude sickness.

Oxygen:

You get too much you get too high
Not enough and you're gonna die

- Sweet

Finally, we ascended via Old Fall River road. A one way, one lane gravel road to the Alpine Tundra Visitor Center. The road was getting narrower as we climbed the many switchbacks and my reaction time was getting slower as the oxygen level dropped to 67% its value at sea level value.

Our highest point was 12,300 ft. Karly was getting very light headed and I started to worsen. Lisa and Kira felt nothing.

Below you can see our pics of nice scenery, yellow bellied marmots and elk.

Above the trees (tundra)

A mountain lake,

Elk

Marmot

Yes, Karly, it really is snow.