Ha, it was the opposite for me! It was my destination, but I ended up at Frozen Lake on accident. That cirque is SO big. Really puts into perspective what you're seeing when you're looking down at it from The Keyhole.

I was lucky enough to have a summer internship in the park, so I had a little over 2 months to get a lot of great hikes in. I managed to summit CCY, Longs, Ida, Flattop/Hallett along with a lot of other stuff like trying to get up to Spectacle, or hiking up to Frozen Lake. That was a magical summer.

Did C-C-Y in 2011. I also made it almost all the way up to Spectacle Lakes that same year - I've heard the view from the lakes is incredible, but there was just a bit too much snow up there yet and wasn't safe enough to try to get up the last bit.