Last additions - "Epic White Cloud Backpacking Loop" revisited, August 27, 2023
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DSCF0645.JPG7 viewsForty minutes later, the trail enters an open area with lots of down timber. Fresh saw cuts in down timber make for much easier going than last year.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0644.JPG6 viewsPleasant hiking offers glimpses of Warm Springs Creek.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0642.JPG5 viewsForty-five minutes later, I'm reaching the flatter, heavily forested section, strewn with down timber. Take the path of least resistance. Take heart; Warm Springs Creek is not far.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0643.JPG5 viewsTwenty-five minutes of working through fallen timber leads to the crossing. There is a good trail on the east side. It couldn't be more welcome!Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0639.JPG5 viewsHiking gets more difficult as one nears Warm Springs Creek. This is the third time I have descended through here. Following this drainage for the most of the descent may be the easier route. The red stain on the west facing slope is an indicator that the entrance to Iron Basin is further northwest.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0638.JPG10 viewsJust ahead, the gradient becomes much steeper, and eventually leads to Warm Springs Creek.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0637.JPG7 viewsMeadow at roughly 8700' level in Strawberry Basin.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0636.JPG8 viewsLooking down into Strawberry Basin. It is easier to leave the rocky trail, and walk in the meadow as soon as possible. My first navigational error today was to continue too far down the rocky pack trail.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0634.JPG7 viewsThe west face of D. O. Lee Peak is bisected by an east-west ridge with D. O. Lee Peak (11342) on the east (frame right) and WCP-8 (10557') .9 mile west (left) on the ridge (center of frame). The high saddle between D. O. Lee Peak and W. C. P. 9 which leads to Big Boulder Lakes is hidden from view. This same feature is visible from the west side of Toxaway Lake.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0635.JPG10 viewsThe deep recession, to the left and above the center of frame, leads into Iron Basin, my destination this evening.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0629.JPG7 viewsSouth toward the trail head. Fourth of July Lake is to the southeast, behind the ridge in the foreground.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0631.JPG10 viewsI'm thinking that peak furthest west, to the left of the peak with the shadow (below the cloud), is Mount Cramer, above Imogene Lake. Let me know if I'm wrong!Sep 11, 2023
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