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DSCF0639.JPG4 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.JPG7 viewsJust ahead, the gradient becomes much steeper, and eventually leads to Warm Springs Creek.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0637.JPG6 viewsMeadow at roughly 8700' level in Strawberry Basin.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0636.JPG5 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.JPG5 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.JPG6 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.JPG6 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.JPG6 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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DSCF0628.JPG6 viewsThe trail ascends to this point overlooking Strawberry Basin, with the first views of the White Cloud Peaks.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0627.JPG6 viewsThis is the second time I have come across tents on the plateau above Strawberry Basin to the north. The views are nice, but there is no water here.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0626.JPG6 viewsThe Sawtooth range on the horizon, across the Sawtooth Valley, a bit further north.Sep 11, 2023
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DSCF0624.JPG7 viewsAcross the Sawtooth Valley, one can see Mt. Cramer on the north and Snowyside Peak to the south. The latter in encountered on the Petit-Toxaway loop between Alice and Toxaway Lakes. The 11 mile road leading to Fourth of July Creek trail head climbs the drainage in the center of the photo.Sep 11, 2023
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