Idaho Exposure

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


Last additions - Evolution Basin, July 15, 2012
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IMG_9197.JPG5 viewsThe dark clouds in the background make the direct orange sunlight hitting the peaks even more dramatic.Dec 14, 2012
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IMG_9196.JPG1 views36 minutes later, the sun drops below the clouds and washes Mt. Darwin in alpenglow.Dec 14, 2012
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IMG_9181.JPG5 viewsNorth on the JMT. Peak 12206 above Wanda Lake.Dec 14, 2012
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IMG_9183.JPG5 viewsThe Goddard Divide over Wanda Lake. Muir Pass is on the left edge of photo.Dec 14, 2012
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IMG_9170.JPG0 viewsLake McDermand east of Wanda Lake in Evolution Basin. Some snowfields will give us a break from boulder hopping on our descent from the saddle below the west ridge of Mt. Solomons.Dec 14, 2012
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IMG_9179.JPG4 viewsLooking southeast from just southeast of Wanda Lake. Mt. Solomons above rises abover Muir Pass.Dec 14, 2012
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IMG_9169.JPG4 viewsLooking east at the summit of Mt. Solomons, just above the saddle below the west ridge.Dec 14, 2012
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IMG_9164.JPG9 viewsA wide angle shot looking south from the summit of Mt. Solomons, into the Ionian Basin. The entrance to the 'Enchanted Gorge' between Scylla and Charybdis is just left (east) of center; lakes 11592 and 11837 to the right.Dec 14, 2012
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IMG_9172.JPG1 viewsMt. Solomons, from Evolution Basin. We climbed the left skyline from Muir Pass, and descended the right skyline to the saddle, and descended into Evolution Basin.Dec 14, 2012
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IMG_9173.JPG1 viewsThe professor looks back toward the saddle below the west ridge of Mt. Solomons, the route we just descended.Dec 14, 2012
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