Climbing The Pinnacle - Part 2

I was hiking up to The Pinnacle with the dogs (see part 1, posted yesterday) and it was great fun:

We had climbed high enough that there were views off across a deep valley to the mountains beyond:

Fergus, once a problem on the trail, wants so badly to please me that he now often walks at my feet. And he watches me closely to be sure he can figure out what I want:

As for Jack, Daphne and Clover, they just like to run:

All five of the pooches did some running:

Clover and Daphne climbed up on rocks:

I didn't pose them for this picture. They did it on their own:

And the views were getting better as we climbed higher and higher:

I could see a big rock ledge up ahead of us:

But the trail made a turn and brought us to a smaller ledge:

I approached it cautiously because the thick layer of leaves on the trail concealed holes, rocks and ice, all of which could cause me problems. The dogs, needless to say, had no such concerns:

The trail seemed to continue up along the right hand edge of the rock ledge, but I'd been here before and was quite sure the trail was supposed to turn to the left. It was time for a decision, but I'll post about that tomorrow: