Idaho Exposure

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


Last additions - Yosemite; Lyell Fork, Merced River, Half Dome, Tuolumne Meadows, July 17, 2010
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IMG_4771.JPG9 viewsA small waterfall along Fletcher Creek in a hanging valley around 8150'.Oct 07, 2013
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IMG_4769.JPG7 viewsFletcher Creek cascades into a hanging valley around 8150', before its final drop to Merced Lake.Oct 07, 2013
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IMG_4764.JPG9 viewsFletcher Creek begins its first long cascade to Merced Lake.Oct 07, 2013
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IMG_4765.JPG6 viewsThe long cascade below and east of the rock outcrop at 9288' southeast of Babcock Lake.Oct 07, 2013
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IMG_4761.JPG7 viewsFive hours earlier, we were on the horizon, above the stand of pines, pretty much in exactly the direction the rutted trail is leading back into the photograph.Oct 07, 2013
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IMG_4758.JPG6 viewsWe make good time on the slightly downhill, smooth, straight sections of trail traversing the open meadows of along Fletcher Creek west of Vogelsang Peak.Oct 07, 2013
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IMG_4755.JPG5 viewsWe take off our boots and cross Fletcher Creek around 9360'. It feels great!Oct 07, 2013
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IMG_4760.JPG6 views The dome behind the Professor is just south of Emerick Lake, hidden behind it.Oct 07, 2013
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IMG_4752.JPG4 viewsCascade on Fletcher Creek around 9600', just upstream from previous photo.Oct 07, 2013
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