Thompson Peak, via Goat Lake, September 13, 2013
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IMG_3390.JPG19 viewsThe professor has a snack in the passage above the second lake that leads to the meadows where we established our higher camp.
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IMG_3393.JPG19 viewsThis seems like a great place to camp, below Thompson Peak.
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IMG_3395.JPG16 viewsWe set up camp, but have trouble deciding whether or not to attempt the peak today. The weather is improving, but it is getting late, having taken longer than we thought to get to this point. Ideally, we should be coming down from the summit of Thompson. The weather is still threatening.
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IMG_3397.JPG19 viewsWe decide to get an early start for the peak Sunday morning, and relax and enjoy the beauty of our surroundings; something we don't seem to do since we never seem to allow enough time to accomplish what we set out to do. I intend to catch trout for dinner.
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IMG_3401.JPG18 viewsI manage to catch some fading alpenglow on Thompson Peak and the northwest face of Williams Peak that lasted less than a minute as the sun dropped below clouds to the west. The professor is always faster on the draw with her point and shoot, but it has very limited low light capability.
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IMG_3404.JPG21 viewsJust after 7 am Sunday morning, we are off to climb Thompson Peak. Behind us, the first rays of sun hit Peak 10312 south southwest of Goat Lake.
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IMG_3405.JPG20 viewsClimbing south toward the Thompson/Williams Saddle at the head of the hanging valley in which we are camped.
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IMG_3406.JPG19 views
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IMG_3408.JPG20 viewsLooking northwest from the Thompson/Mickeys Spire Saddle, a tarn on the west side of the basin.
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IMG_3410.JPG20 viewsJust before 10 am, the professor checks the route description on the Thompson/Mickeys Spire Saddle. Castle Peak, 11,815', the highest peak in the White Cloud Mountains can be seen on the skyline about 1/3 from the left edge of photo.
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IMG_3411.JPG18 views
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IMG_3412.JPG21 viewsSouthwest from the Thompson/Mickeys Spire Saddle to Mickeys Spire.
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