Big Boulder Lakes, Boulder Chain Lakes loop, September 6, 2018
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DSCF0389.JPG5 viewsMountain Goat, climbs higher, just south of the stream between Sapphire and Cove Lakes, Big Boulder Lakes.
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DSCF0390.JPG4 viewsDusk, Peak 11272 to the south, above my camp at the inlet of Cove Lake.
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DSCF0392.JPG5 viewsDusk, Peak 11272 to the south, above my camp at the inlet of Cove Lake.
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DSCF0399.JPG5 viewsDawn; D.O. Lee Peak, and WCP-9 (right) from the inlet of Cove Lake.
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DSCF0401.JPG5 viewsThe view south toward Peak 11272 to the south of my camp at the inlet of Cove Lake.
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DSCF0404.JPG4 viewsArriving at Cirque Lake, the highest of the Big Boulder Lakes. D. O. Lee Peak, my objective, on the left skyline.
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DSCF0406.JPG4 viewsThe North Ridge (Class 3) ascends from the saddle above Cirque Lake.
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DSCF0407.JPG4 viewsThe impressive North Ridge of Peak 11013, just southeast of the Kettles.
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DSCF0408.JPG4 viewsPerennial snow fields and tarn east of Cirque Lake, below the saddle.
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DSCF0413.JPG5 viewsThe view east of Big Boulder Lakes from the 13,342' summit of D. O. Lee Peak.
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DSCF0414.JPG5 viewsCastle Peak, obscured by smoke, in the distance, southeast from the summit of D. O. Lee Peak.
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DSCF0415.JPG4 viewsThe view north into Bighorn Basin from the summit of D. O. Lee Peak. WCP-9 rises north of the saddle. Ocalkens Lake can barely be seen through the smoke above the saddle in the distance in the upper center of photo.
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