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 IMG_5397.jpg1528 viewsCorral in fading light at Decker Flat below Huckleberry Creek Drainage.Sep 20, 2008
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 IMG_5395.jpg793 viewsThe storm arrives; the South Ridge and Decker Peak above Decker Flat.Sep 20, 2008
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 IMG_5394.jpg809 viewsPeak 10375' looms above the headwaters of Decker Creek.Sep 20, 2008
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 IMG_5388.jpg779 viewsLight accents the Sawtooth Valley to the southeast.Sep 20, 2008
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 IMG_5385.jpg789 viewsFall colors still apparent in shadow on the hillsides above the Salmon River in the Sawtooth Valley to the east.Sep 20, 2008
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 IMG_5382.jpg788 viewsThe Sawtooth Valley to the southeast below Peak 9583'.Sep 20, 2008
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 IMG_5381.jpg793 viewsCastle Peak rises across the Sawtooth Valley to the east.Sep 20, 2008
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 IMG_5375.jpg812 viewsSigning the summit register; the view west.Sep 20, 2008
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 IMG_5369.jpg795 viewsSaddleback Lakes visible below Elephant's Perch.Sep 20, 2008
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 IMG_5351.jpg787 viewsA closer view to the west reveals Baron Spire in shadow (just left of center), standing out from the sunlit ridge behind it.Sep 20, 2008
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 IMG_5345.jpg65 viewsDeveloping thunderstorms, spurred by an upper level low approach from the west.Sep 20, 2008
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 IMG_5341.jpg85 viewsA weathered summit register dating from July 1993 congratulates those who find it.Sep 20, 2008
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