Most viewed - Thompson Peak, via Goat Lake, September 13, 2013
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IMG_3323.JPG21 viewsThere is still a lot of moisture hanging around in the morning.
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IMG_3384.JPG21 viewsThe second, larger lake, in the basin above Goat Lake. We ran into a group coming down, and took their advice, finding that it was easier to navigate the left (east) side of the first two lakes.
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IMG_3405.JPG21 viewsClimbing south toward the Thompson/Williams Saddle at the head of the hanging valley in which we are camped.
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IMG_3421.JPG21 viewsTo the east, northeast far below is the "unnamed lake" at roughly 9000' where we stood 4 years earlier on our 2nd hike together, contemplating what the summit, thinking we might have tried for it had we started an hour earlier. On Labor Day 3 years ago, we descended the Williams/Thompson saddle to that same lake after running short on daylight, and abandoning a summit attempt (see gallery).
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IMG_3429.JPG21 viewsThe "unnamed lake", and the use trail to it intersects Alpine Way trail about where the ridge leading down from the left frame of photo meets the trees. 5 mile long Redfish Lake lies southwest of Little Redfish Lake.
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IMG_3506.JPG21 viewsOrange topped Mt. Regan in shadow on the left, northwest from the Thompson/Mickeys Spire Saddle. The higher, western-most lake in the upper lake basin leading to the saddle is in the lower right of photo.
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IMG_3514.JPG21 viewsThe west wall of the upper lake basin below the Thompson/Mickeys Spire Saddle.
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IMG_3523.JPG21 viewsTarn at lower end of the upper lake basin south southeast of the Thompson/Mickeys Spire Saddle. We remembered to recover our water purifier left here 5 hours earlier. Below the outlet is the precipitous descent to the lake basin south of Goat Lake, and our camp.
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IMG_3346.JPG20 views
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IMG_3365.JPG20 viewsCamp at Goat Lake.
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IMG_3382.JPG20 viewsBeyond the snow at top of the couloir above Goat Lake. No sign of the party of four we saw ahead of us along the Goat Lake shoreline, presumably climbing Thompson Peak, who arrived in the dark and rain while we were in our tent.
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IMG_3390.JPG20 viewsThe professor has a snack in the passage above the second lake that leads to the meadows where we established our higher camp.
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