Most viewed - Goat Lake, Thompson Peak loop September 4, 2010
IMG_5854.JPG16 viewsThompson Peak seen to the south in the notch above Goat Lake.
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IMG_5897.JPG16 viewsThis uppermost tarn before reaching the Thompson Peak basin was perhaps the most striking with its waterfall hidden in a rock cleft at the outlet.
IMG_5945.JPG16 viewsThe benches get steeper below the trees in the lower left corner, leading to the upper lake. The lower of the lakes in the foreground is the "unnamed lake". The light still reflects on Redfish Lake at the edge of Thompson Peak's shadow advancing across the valley. Little Redfish Lake is fully in sunlight further left.
IMG_5858.JPG15 viewsThe color of the water varies dramatically with the depth of the lake.
IMG_5886.JPG15 viewsAn inviting meadow in the hanging valley above the first two tarns. The left snow couloir leads into the basin below Thompson Peak.
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IMG_5916.JPG15 viewsThe gateway to the Thompson basin.
IMG_5909.JPG15 viewsThe lake basin above Goat Lake.
IMG_5939.JPG15 viewsDescending to the "unnamed lake" at 9033'.
IMG_5923.JPG15 viewsTarn in basin just northwest of Thompson Peak.
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