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Lick Wash and Willis Creek, March 27, 2014
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 IMG_4678.JPG8 viewsA short distance into Lick Wash, we enter the slot. There is mud on top of ice, up, out of the streambed.
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 IMG_4687.JPG6 viewsUnlike many of the canyons we have negotiated this trip, Lick Wash has Ponderosa Pines and Douglas fir.
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 IMG_4692.JPG7 viewsThis Ponderosa Pine was brought down during a recent period of high water.
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 IMG_4694.JPG4 viewsA log forms a dam between two Ponderosa Pines.
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 IMG_4703.JPG6 viewsThere were recent slides, fallen rock and trees. The wash bottom was often muddy.
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