The following pictures are from Gothic Basin yesterday. It's a rough hike, in fact, a lot of it isn't what most people would even call trail. It's more like a rock garden. It's steep and there are deathly sharp drops in a few places -- drops that get pretty close to the trail. That said, there was an endless supply of ladies aged 60+ out there blowing everyone else's doors off. You just have to be as tough as they are.
Or maybe it's the view. This is a look across a canyon on the trail up to the basin.