Owen and Emily joined me in Colorado for a long Labor Day weekend trip. They were interested in alpine scrambling, so we gave them a good introduction on some 13,000' peaks above Breckenridge.

On Sunday, 9/4, we got an early start and drove our Jeep up the 4 wheel drive road to Lower Crystal Lake, around 12,000'. We climbed up the East Ridge of Father Dyer (13,612') which goes at easy class 3, with some mild exposure. Then Owen, Dad, and Paul continued on to Crystal Peak (13,852'), a short jaunt along a class 2/2+ ridge, and we all traversed over to Mt Helen (13,164') along a class 3 ridge with some solid exposure.