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DSCF0577.JPG3 viewsThe first of the McGown Lakes appears to the north at 8250 feet. Note the development of the cumulus over the Stanley Valley.Jul 13, 2023
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DSCF0578.JPG3 viewsA plethora of wildflowers in the McGown Lakes basin.Jul 13, 2023
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DSCF0576.JPG4 viewsWildflowers and creek on the initial climb toward McGown Lakes.Jul 13, 2023
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DSCF0575.JPG4 viewsI believe this is a new signpost. The previous sign was bolted to a tree that had fallen, as photographed in the gallery dated one year and one day earlier. Cumulus continues to build over the Stanley Valley.Jul 13, 2023
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DSCF0574.JPG3 viewsThe first lingering snow on the trail at 8000 feet, approaching the turnoff for McGown Lakes to the east. I can remember approaching this junction from the north, roughly fifteen years ago, while a fire was burning in the area I'm hiking through now.Jul 13, 2023
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DSCF0573.JPG3 viewsTohobit Peak, left, and Grandjean Peak, right, on the Monte Verita ridge. At 11:30 a.m., vertical development of cumulus over the ridge portends afternoon thundershowers.Jul 13, 2023
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DSCF0572.JPG3 viewsThe Monte Verita ridge extends northwest towards Grandjean and includes Tohobit and Grandjean Peaks. Hidden from view, to the southeast (left) on this same ridge is Warbonnet Peak. The ridge culminates at Monte Verita, a complex group of granite spires at over 10,000 feet, southwest of Baron Lake.Jul 13, 2023
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DSCF0571.JPG3 viewsObservation Peak to the north, toward Stanley LakeJul 13, 2023
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DSCF0570.JPG3 viewsWell past the signpost marking the turnoff for Trail Creek Lakes, the views open up to the southwest as the trail climbs north toward Stanley. Through the burned trees, one can see the Monte Verita ridge rising above Baron Creek, well to the south.Jul 13, 2023
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DSCF0569.JPG3 viewsI hiked this section once with a botanist who knew the names of every plant in Idaho. Now I wish I'd asked that person more questions.Jul 13, 2023
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DSCF0568.JPG3 viewsThe volume of water in Trail Creek suggests to me that the runnoff from snomelt peaked a few weeks earlier, lessening my anxiety about crossing the North Fork of Baron Creek.
Jul 13, 2023
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DSCF0567.JPG5 viewsJust upstream from the crossing, I saw a couple gals to the left of the log, who had managed to completely lose the trail. This happens fairly often at stream crossings. They were delighted that I suggested a route to get them back on track.Jul 13, 2023
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