Last additions - Boulder Chain Lakes, September 8, 2015
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IMG_7160.JPG4 viewsWhile driving out Fourth of July Creek Road, I am rewarded with a late afternoon view of the sun sinking below the clouds over the Sawtooth.Aug 28, 2017
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IMG_7153.JPG2 viewsIn the upper center, the broad plateau between Born Lakes and Four Lakes Basin as seen from the divide west of Ants Basin. I hang around waiting for a large shadow to reveal D. O. Lee Peak, but it stubbornly stays put. The final few miles seem to take forever. I walk out with food that should have been eaten.Aug 28, 2017
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IMG_7150.JPG3 viewsThe "large gray pinnacle on a fractured ridge guards a notch called the Devil's Staircase," above the highest of the Born Lakes from the divide west of Ants Basin.Aug 28, 2017
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IMG_7148.JPG3 views30 minutes later, I am on top of the divide west of Ants Basin; all downhill from here. The view northwest to the peaks rising above Strawberry Basin.Aug 28, 2017
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IMG_7147.JPG1 viewsThe constant play of shadows over the white limestone of D. O. Lee Peak from the trail just east of Ants Basin.Aug 28, 2017
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IMG_7145.JPG1 viewsA stream below Born Lakes flows into Warm Springs Creek.Aug 28, 2017
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IMG_7144.JPG1 viewsThe view southeast from the trail just west of Born Lakes. This may be another route to the broad plateau between Born Lakes and Four Lakes Basin. The route I took, just below the highest of the Born Lakes seems easier.Aug 28, 2017
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IMG_7142.JPG1 viewsI carry out this brook trout, double-bagged, rolled up in my Ridge-Rest pad to keep it cool.Aug 28, 2017
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IMG_7139.JPG3 viewsI carry out this brook trout, double-bagged, rolled up in my Ridge-Rest pad to keep it cool.Aug 28, 2017
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IMG_7138.JPG2 viewsI have better luck at the larger of the Born Lakes, at 9555'.Aug 28, 2017
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IMG_7132.JPG2 viewsThe north face of Castle Peak rising over the ridge beyond Rock Lake in Four Lakes Basin. I fish several of the lakes in this basin, but only very small trout seem to be interested in the flies I cast.Aug 28, 2017
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IMG_7129.JPG4 viewsThe morning light on the peak is reflected in the lake adjacent to my camp.Aug 28, 2017
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