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New Fork Lake and entrance to New Fork Canyon |
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Fireweed in the burned forest on Doubletop Mt trail This area burned a few years ago (in 2008?). The burned trees are mostly still standing (as of 2010) and there are many wildflowers. |
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Little Cole on a big horse. My parents and youngest son rode up on horesback. |
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Camp at Cutthroat Lakes |
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Glover Peak from divide between Cutthroat and No Name Lakes We scrambled up to the north (L) summit |
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Creek along route to Glover Peak (peak in background) |
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Delta in small lake in Glover Peak cirque. |
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Mason on top of Glover Peak (north summit). View looking west. |
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Glover Peak north summit looking north |
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From Glover Peak north summit looking approx. east |
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Indian Paintbrush |
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Mt. Oeneis (left) and unnamed 12,093' peak. Sky Pilot Peak behind on right. After Glover Peak I scrambled up Mt. Oeneis over on the other side of Summit Lake. Very nice hike/scramble with some challenging routefinding. |
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Looking back toward Glover Peak. |
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Lake in cirque below Mt. Oeneis and Sky Pilot Best route seems to be around lake to right and up to snow on left edge of picture at ridgeline |
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Archean migmatite near Mt. Oeneis. |
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Summit ridge of Mt. Oeneis. |
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Looking approximately southeast from summit toward Jean and Elbow lakes |
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Looking east over Peak Lake |
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Flowers partially blocking view of Archean migmatite |
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North across Palmer Lake toward Palmer Canyon |
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Mason on the trail |
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Cole, Jim and Mason |
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Roger and Judy |
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Stream crossing in New Fork Canyon to reach campsite |
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Cole was just nuts about fishing |
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Getting ready for cold stream crossing on last morning |
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Pleasant hiking in upper New Fork Canyon The lower part of the canyon gets really hot in the summer |