Boulder Chain Lakes, September 8, 2015
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IMG_6959.JPG8 viewsD. O. Lee Peak above Ants Basin from the saddle between Blackman and Patterson Peak.
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IMG_6962.JPG8 viewsA chipmunk enjoys the morning sun while pretending to check out the fish rings at at the larger of the Born Lakes. He is really waiting for a chance to chew a hole in my pack to get some nuts.
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IMG_6963.JPG8 viewsThe inlet stream flowing through an alpine meadow to the larger of the Born Lakes.
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IMG_6965.JPG4 viewsAccording to Margaret Fuller, "Above the highest lake, a large gray pinnacle on a fractured ridge guards a notch called the Devil's Staircase."
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IMG_6966.JPG5 viewsThe view south across grassy meadows on the shoreline of the second highest of the larger Born Lakes, at 9555'.
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IMG_6968.JPG4 viewsBlackman Peak on the ridge east of Ants Basin from the wide saddle between Born Lakes and Four Lakes Basin. On the left, the trail to 4th of July Lake is seen switchbacking to the ridgetop.
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IMG_6970.JPG4 viewsCastle peak comes into view to the southeast, from the wide saddle between Born Lakes and Four Lakes Basin.
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IMG_6971.JPG6 viewsThe Serrate Ridge extends to the north from Castle peak, photographed from the wide saddle between Born Lakes and Four Lakes Basin.
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IMG_6973.JPG3 viewsCastle peak, still dusted with snow from an early storm that exited the day before Labor Day, from the wide saddle between Born Lakes and Four Lakes Basin.
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IMG_6974.JPG5 viewsDescending into Four Lakes Basin from the low saddle directly in line with the Born Lakes.
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IMG_6975.JPG6 viewsThe highest two lakes in Four Lakes Basin.
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IMG_6976.JPG5 viewsI love the alpine character of this basin, and would like to stop and fish here, but I am trying to get to Scree Lake today and it is already 3:40 pm. Inevitably, I arrive here late in the day, and the wind always seems to be ripping across the water. I resolve to stay here my last night.
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