Idaho Exposure

Hiking, Climbing, Backpacking, Snowshoeing, Backcountry Skiing. Photos by Thomas Oetzell; idahoexposure.com


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IMG_4755.JPG3 viewsWe take off our boots and cross Fletcher Creek around 9360'. It feels great!
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IMG_4758.JPG2 viewsWe make good time on the slightly downhill, smooth, straight sections of trail traversing the open meadows of along Fletcher Creek west of Vogelsang Peak.
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IMG_4760.JPG2 views The dome behind the Professor is just south of Emerick Lake, hidden behind it.
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IMG_4761.JPG6 viewsFive hours earlier, we were on the horizon, above the stand of pines, pretty much in exactly the direction the rutted trail is leading back into the photograph.
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IMG_4764.JPG6 viewsFletcher Creek begins its first long cascade to Merced Lake.
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IMG_4765.JPG5 viewsThe long cascade below and east of the rock outcrop at 9288' southeast of Babcock Lake.
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IMG_4769.JPG6 viewsFletcher Creek cascades into a hanging valley around 8150', before its final drop to Merced Lake.
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IMG_4771.JPG6 viewsA small waterfall along Fletcher Creek in a hanging valley around 8150'.
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IMG_4772.JPG5 viewsSierra Corn Lillies in a hanging valley around 8150' along Fletcher Creek, before its final drop to Merced Lake.
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