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 DSCF0407.JPG4 viewsThe impressive North Ridge of Peak 11013, just southeast of the Kettles.
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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.
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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.
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 DSCF0422.JPG4 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.
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 DSCF0424.JPG4 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 trip
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 DSCF0426.JPG4 viewsEvening light; Peak 11272 and Cove Lake, Big Boulder Lakes.
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 DSCF0431.JPG4 viewsMorning alpenglow, D. O. Lee Peak and WCP-9 (right) from Cove Lake inlet, Big Boulder Lakes.
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 DSCF0445.JPG4 viewsPerennial snow field southwest end of and tarn east of Cove Lake, Big Boulder Lakes. This begins the cross-country route to Boulder Chain Lakes, the next basin to the south.
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 DSCF0461.JPG4 viewsPeak 11072 (right) as seen from the low saddle. D. O. Lee Peak is seen behind the jagged west ridge (skyline) of Peak 11072.
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 DSCF0468.JPG4 viewsHummock Lake and Hidden Lakes in the Boulder Chain Lakes seen from the 'correct' saddle; a notch on the ridge just west of Peak 10,881; a welcome site.
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 DSCF0469.JPG4 viewsLooking further east down the Boulder Chain Lakes; Shelf Lake can be seen in the upper left of the photo, Sliderock Lake just upstream.
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