Thompson Peak, via Goat Lake, September 13, 2013
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Another view southeast from the summit of Thompson Peak.
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IMG_3500.JPG16 viewsWilliams Peak, northwest from the summit of Thompson Peak.
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IMG_3502.JPG16 viewsLooking west southwest across Mt. Carter, 10590' (the talus pile in the foreground), toward Peak 10330' from the summit of Thompson Peak. The North Fork of Baron Creek cut the deeper canyon in the middle of this photo.
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IMG_3503.JPG16 viewsNational Geodetic Survey Benchmark, 'Goat 1938', a bronze disk embedded in the outcropping bedrock on the summit block. A "Documented History (by NGS)" states this mark is "about 5' lower than, and 50' south of the highest point of the mountain". In "Idaho, a Climbing Guide", Lopez describes a couloir rising "up to the notch between the peak's east and west summits...scramble to the west over solid rock to the summit." We did not climb to the northeast summit, which, according to the NGS, is the higher.
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IMG_3505.JPG17 viewsD. O. Lee Peak in the Whiteclouds rising above the Stanley Valley to the east, viewed through a slot descending to the Thompson/Mickeys Spire Saddle.
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IMG_3506.JPG18 viewsOrange topped Mt. Regan in shadow on the left, northwest from the Thompson/Mickeys Spire Saddle. The higher, western-most lake in the upper lake basin leading to the saddle is in the lower right of photo.
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IMG_3508.JPG17 viewsThe basin west of the Thompson/Williams Saddle. We are heading for the middle drainage, which drops steeply into the lake basin south of Goat Lake.
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IMG_3512.JPG15 viewsMt. Williams above the Thompson/Williams Saddle.
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IMG_3514.JPG18 viewsThe west wall of the upper lake basin below the Thompson/Mickeys Spire Saddle.
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IMG_3513.JPG13 viewsLooking back to the south, southeast to the Thompson/Mickeys Spire Saddle. The summit of Thompson Peak is up and left (northeast) of the saddle.
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IMG_3516.JPG16 viewsThe professor looks back toward the summit of Thompson Peak from the upper lake basin south southeast of the Thompson/Mickeys Spire Saddle.
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IMG_3518.JPG16 viewsThe deep lake is just west of the Thompson/Williams Saddle, and is the eastern-most of the three drainages in the upper lake basin south southeast of the Thompson/Mickeys Spire Saddle. Past its outlet, the terrain drops steeply to the lake basin south of Goat Lake.
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