Last additions - Thompson Peak, via Goat Lake, September 13, 2013
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IMG_3505.JPG20 viewsD. O. Lee Peak in the Whiteclouds rising above the Stanley Valley to the east, viewed through a slot descending to the Thompson/Mickeys Spire Saddle.Sep 18, 2013
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IMG_3503.JPG18 viewsNational Geodetic Survey Benchmark, 'Goat 1938', a bronze disk embedded in the outcropping bedrock on the summit block. A "Documented History (by NGS)" states this mark is "about 5' lower than, and 50' south of the highest point of the mountain". In "Idaho, a Climbing Guide", Lopez describes a couloir rising "up to the notch between the peak's east and west summits...scramble to the west over solid rock to the summit." We did not climb to the northeast summit, which, according to the NGS, is the higher.Sep 18, 2013
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IMG_3500.JPG17 viewsWilliams Peak, northwest from the summit of Thompson Peak.Sep 18, 2013
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IMG_3502.JPG17 viewsLooking west southwest across Mt. Carter, 10590' (the talus pile in the foreground), toward Peak 10330' from the summit of Thompson Peak. The North Fork of Baron Creek cut the deeper canyon in the middle of this photo.Sep 18, 2013
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Another view southeast from the summit of Thompson Peak.Sep 18, 2013
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IMG_3496.JPG26 viewsThe clear blue waters at the outlet of the 'unnamed lake' below Thompson Peak at roughly 9000'.Sep 18, 2013
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IMG_3487.JPG19 viewsNorthwest from the summit of Thompson Peak. The orange block in the foreground is actually the pinnacle we first climbed in error, northwest of the west (true; depending on the source; see IMG_3503) summit.Sep 18, 2013
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IMG_3490.JPG19 viewsFrom the summit of Thompson Peak, Castle Peak, 11,815', the highest peak in the White Cloud Mountains towers above the Stanley Valley to the east.Sep 18, 2013
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IMG_3493.JPG19 viewsThe distinctive profile of North Raker (Red Finger), south from the summit of Thompson Peak. The only route up is class 6 (direct aid).Sep 18, 2013
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IMG_3495.JPG15 viewsThe town of Stanley on the Salmon River from the summit of Thompson Peak. Lower Stanley (downstream) sappears above Stanley in the photo.Sep 18, 2013
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IMG_3482.JPG25 viewsThe east ridge of Thompson Peak and the town of Stanley on the Salmon River from the summit of Thompson Peak. Lower Stanley (downstream) sappears above Stanley in the photo.Sep 18, 2013
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IMG_3491.JPG19 viewsThe view southeast from the summit of Thompson Peak; mountains, and more mountains.Sep 18, 2013
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