Idaho Exposure

Hiking, Climbing, Backpacking, Snowshoeing, Backcountry Skiing. Photos by Thomas Oetzell; idahoexposure.com

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DSCF0431.JPG3 viewsMorning alpenglow, D. O. Lee Peak and WCP-9 (right) from Cove Lake inlet, Big Boulder Lakes.Oct 18, 2018
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DSCF0428.JPG3 viewsMorning alpenglow, D. O. Lee Peak from Cove Lake, Big Boulder Lakes.Oct 18, 2018
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DSCF0426.JPG3 viewsEvening light; Peak 11272 and Cove Lake, Big Boulder Lakes.Oct 18, 2018
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DSCF0425.JPG5 viewsEvening light over Cove Lake, Big Boulder Lakes.Oct 18, 2018
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DSCF0424.JPG3 viewsI was getting a few bites, but not catching anything until another fly fisherman, on his way to the upper lakes, gave me a grasshopper. He caught the larger rainbow trout at Cirque and brought it back to me. I caught the smaller one at Cove, catching more about the same size as the larger fish later in the tripOct 18, 2018
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DSCF0422.JPG3 viewsOne of the hikers (left foreground) with the Idaho Hiking Club Meetup Group, camped at Walter Lake. I encountered the group near the saddle, as they descended from the north.Oct 18, 2018
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DSCF0421.JPG4 viewsCirque Lake was the only large lake in the Big Boulder Lake Basin I did not fish.Oct 18, 2018
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DSCF0420.JPG4 viewsSmoke from the Bible Back Fire burning near Washington Creek, about 11 miles northeast of Smiley Creek that closed the trail at Fourth of July Creek Trailhead.Oct 18, 2018
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DSCF0419.JPG5 viewsThe southerly of the two summits of D. O. Lee Peak.Oct 18, 2018
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DSCF0418.JPG6 viewsThe view north to the saddle, bisected by the shadow of a passing cloud, half the brilliant white sedimentary limestone still in sunlight.Oct 18, 2018
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DSCF0416.JPG4 viewsThe view northwest into Bighorn Basin from the summit of D. O. Lee Peak. Peak 10,7777 rises north of Bighorn Basin in the upper center. Iron Basin lies behind Peak 10,777, and in front of the next ridge to the north.Oct 18, 2018
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DSCF0415.JPG4 viewsThe view north into Bighorn Basin from the summit of D. O. Lee Peak. WCP-9 rises north of the saddle. Ocalkens Lake can barely be seen through the smoke above the saddle in the distance in the upper center of photo.Oct 18, 2018
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