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Decker Peak, South Ridge from Decker Creek, September 18, 2008
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 IMG_5345.jpg63 viewsDeveloping thunderstorms, spurred by an upper level low approach from the west.
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 IMG_5351.jpg784 viewsA closer view to the west reveals Baron Spire in shadow (just left of center), standing out from the sunlit ridge behind it.
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 IMG_5369.jpg791 viewsSaddleback Lakes visible below Elephant's Perch.
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 IMG_5375.jpg809 viewsSigning the summit register; the view west.
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 IMG_5381.jpg788 viewsCastle Peak rises across the Sawtooth Valley to the east.
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 IMG_5382.jpg785 viewsThe Sawtooth Valley to the southeast below Peak 9583'.
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 IMG_5385.jpg784 viewsFall colors still apparent in shadow on the hillsides above the Salmon River in the Sawtooth Valley to the east.
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 IMG_5388.jpg776 viewsLight accents the Sawtooth Valley to the southeast.
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 IMG_5394.jpg805 viewsPeak 10375' looms above the headwaters of Decker Creek.
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 IMG_5395.jpg789 viewsThe storm arrives; the South Ridge and Decker Peak above Decker Flat.
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 IMG_5397.jpg1525 viewsCorral in fading light at Decker Flat below Huckleberry Creek Drainage.
 
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