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White Clouds; Castle Peak Loop revisited, August 29, 2014
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 IMG_6600.JPG19 viewsPeaks in distance rise above Germania Creek and the East Fork of the Salmon, southeast of Fourth of July Lake.
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 IMG_6601.JPG16 viewsRidge above trail west of Ants Basin.
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 IMG_6607.JPG16 viewsFourth of July Lake obscured by fire blackened pines.
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 IMG_6612.JPG17 viewsD. O. Lee Peak in shadow above Ants Basin.
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 IMG_6614.JPG13 viewsAnts Basin, draining into Warm Springs Creek to the northwest.
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 IMG_6615.JPG13 viewsWhite Cloud Peaks northwest of Ants Basin.
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 IMG_6617.JPG14 viewsRidge dividing Ants Basin and Strawberry Basin.
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 IMG_6622.JPG18 viewsUplifted strata north of D. O. Lee Peak above Ants Basin.
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 IMG_6629.JPG17 viewsThis couple passed us on the way into Born Lakes. They always seemed a few steps ahead of us for the first few days of the trip.
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 IMG_6633.JPG17 viewsMeadow northwest of Born Lakes.
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