Idaho Exposure

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


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IMG_7005.JPG1 viewsHigher on the broad ridge, looking south, Shallow and Scree Lakes come into view.
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IMG_7006.JPG1 viewsScree Lake, now rippled by afternoon breeze.
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IMG_7007.JPG1 viewsMy camp at Shallow Lake from the broad ridge to the northeast.
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IMG_7008.JPG1 viewsCloser on the north face of Castle Peak with Serrate Ridge in the foreground.
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IMG_7009.JPG3 viewsThe tarn on the broad, high plateau southwest of Windy Devil. Looking west, southwest toward the backside of the Devil's Staircase that ascends above the highest of the Born Lakes.
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IMG_7011.JPG1 viewsThe ridge due west of Windy Devil.
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IMG_7013.JPG2 viewsThe north face of Castle Peak and the Serrate Ridge (center) rise above the tarn.
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IMG_7015.JPG1 viewsAs viewed from the east, a "large gray pinnacle on a fractured ridge guards a notch called the Devil's Staircase," as Margaret Fuller states in her description of the same, viewed from the west above the highest of the Born Lakes.
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IMG_7020.JPG2 viewsA wide view across the tarn toward Castle Peak to the south utilizing the widest angle of the 16 to 35 mm zoom lens.
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IMG_7022.JPG2 viewsThe same focal length to the west and the Devil's Staircase.
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IMG_7028.JPG2 viewsNorth from Windy Devil lie Boulder Chain Lakes.
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IMG_7029.JPG2 viewsAnother view of the north face of Castle Peak and the Serrate Ridge from Windy Devil.
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