Last additions - "Epic White Cloud Backpacking Loop" revisited, August 27, 2023
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DSCF0688.JPG4 viewsThe stream that eventually flows into Ocalkins Lake is visible not far below. I will get 2 liters here for the climb out of Bighorn Basin.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0687.JPG7 viewsCrossing the meadow due south and well above Ocalkins Lake. It appears that the stream is flowing beyond those trees ahead. I should be able to find water without going out of my way.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0686.JPG5 viewsThe view from the pass between Iron Basin and Bighorn Basin, looking down at Ocalkins Lake. I am almost out of water, having missed the stream at the 8700' elevation in Iron Basin. I don't want to descend to the lake. I appears I can find water in the drainage well above the lake, northeast of Bighorn Basin.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0685.JPG5 viewsFurther southeast into the upper reaches of Bighorn Basin east of D. O. Lee Peak. The high pass I will cross is still visible in the upper left frame.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0684.JPG4 viewsThis is the first glimpse of the high saddle between WCP-9 (left) and D. O. Lee Peak on the right (south) leading to Cirque Lake in the Big Boulder Lake basin.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0683.JPG3 viewsWatson Peak looms above the entrance Iron Basin proper, to the west.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0682.JPG6 viewsLooking back west, to the entrance of Iron Basin. The next photo forms a panorama from north to south.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0681.JPG6 viewsBighorn Basin is just around the corner to the east (right), as is Ocalkens Lake. I need water, but really don't want to descend all the way down to that lake. It was too far to get to last night, and I would have missed the goats!Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0678.JPG5 viewsGetting near the pass high in Iron Basin which descends to the entrance of Bighorn Basin. I wondered momentarily if this was smoke from a forest fire--fortunately, just the first clouds I have seen today.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0675c.JPG4 viewsThe goats seem just as interested in watching me, as I am in observing them. This is the first time I have seen mountain goats in Iron Basin. This is the only cropped photo in the entire gallery. Original is 200 mm on an APS-C sensor equipped camera (300 mm focal length on a full-frame 35 mm sensor). Crop is roughly 50%.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0674.JPG5 viewsTwenty minutes further up Iron Basin, I spot two mountain goats grazing on the sparse grass on the steep talus slope that is the north wall of the canyon. They are aware of my presence, but apparently feel no threat at this distance.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0662.JPG4 viewsThe first of numerous meadows, interspersed with pine, climbing toward the higher, eastern end of Iron Basin. I'm always alert here for wildlife on the steep canyon walls.Sep 11, 2023
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