Last additions - Thompson Peak, via Goat Lake, September 13, 2013
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IMG_3529.JPG26 viewsThe deep lake high in the lake basin south of Goat Lake. There is a waterfall at its outlet, but you will have to go there to see it. This is the second trip we've taken here, and I still have not photographed it. The professor declined the opportunity to be photographed standing next to it.Sep 18, 2013
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IMG_3532.JPG29 viewsTraversing the east side of Goat Lake seemed much more difficult than it had the day before. It's already 6:40 pm, and we have not reached the outlet. We ended up reaching our car at about 10 pm, a much longer descent than I had estimated. It was a long day, but a fantastic one-- and not the first time we returned to Iron Creek trailhead after dark!Sep 18, 2013
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IMG_3531.JPG24 viewsCamp is just around the corner of the tree-covered bluff in the upper center of photo. It is almost 3 pm, and we still have to strike our camp, and walk out with full packs around Goat Lake, and down to Iron Creek trailhead. We made a few routefinding errors descending to this lake, and the professor is experiencing some painful stomach cramps. Sep 18, 2013
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IMG_3523.JPG21 viewsTarn at lower end of the upper lake basin south southeast of the Thompson/Mickeys Spire Saddle. We remembered to recover our water purifier left here 5 hours earlier. Below the outlet is the precipitous descent to the lake basin south of Goat Lake, and our camp.Sep 18, 2013
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IMG_3519.JPG16 viewsDirt outlines the rims of the suncups on this perennial snowfield above the deep lake just west of the Thompson/Williams Saddle.Sep 18, 2013
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IMG_3518.JPG17 viewsThe deep lake is just west of the Thompson/Williams Saddle, and is the eastern-most of the three drainages in the upper lake basin south southeast of the Thompson/Mickeys Spire Saddle. Past its outlet, the terrain drops steeply to the lake basin south of Goat Lake.Sep 18, 2013
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IMG_3513.JPG19 viewsLooking back to the south, southeast to the Thompson/Mickeys Spire Saddle. The summit of Thompson Peak is up and left (northeast) of the saddle.Sep 18, 2013
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IMG_3514.JPG21 viewsThe west wall of the upper lake basin below the Thompson/Mickeys Spire Saddle.Sep 18, 2013
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IMG_3516.JPG19 viewsThe professor looks back toward the summit of Thompson Peak from the upper lake basin south southeast of the Thompson/Mickeys Spire Saddle.Sep 18, 2013
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IMG_3512.JPG19 viewsMt. Williams above the Thompson/Williams Saddle.Sep 18, 2013
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IMG_3506.JPG21 viewsOrange topped Mt. Regan in shadow on the left, northwest from the Thompson/Mickeys Spire Saddle. The higher, western-most lake in the upper lake basin leading to the saddle is in the lower right of photo.Sep 18, 2013
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IMG_3508.JPG21 viewsThe basin west of the Thompson/Williams Saddle. We are heading for the middle drainage, which drops steeply into the lake basin south of Goat Lake.Sep 18, 2013
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