Most viewed - Big Boulder Lakes, Boulder Chain Lakes loop, September 6, 2018
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DSCF0473.JPG4 viewsCastle Peak looms above the Boulder Chain Lakes; From high to low, Scoop Lake is just visible under Castle Peak, Hidden Lake, Hummock Lake, and Hourglass Lake; furthest left (east) are Sliderock Lake and Shelf Lake.
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DSCF0494.JPG4 viewsThe shoreline is varied enough that I can find a spot where the wind will work to my advantage.
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DSCF0498.JPG4 viewsThe notch I descended late the day before. I'm not positive which notch it is; most likely, just left of the outcrop in the center. The foreshortening effect of the long lens makes it appear worse than it was.
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DSCF0499.JPG4 viewsOn my way out, I met a gal near Sliderock Lake, leading a pack of high school age kids, that this route is referred to as "Cheese Grater Pass". I'm thinking she may have been with Sun Valley Trekking, as a quick search turned up there site as the only reference using this name for this route between Big Boulder Lakes, and Boulder Chain Lakes.
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DSCF0428.JPG3 viewsMorning alpenglow, D. O. Lee Peak from Cove Lake, Big Boulder Lakes.
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DSCF0449.JPG3 viewsGetting to this point from Cove Lake avoided elevation loss, but involved too much boulder hopping. It would have been easier to descend to Island Lake (just left of center), and ascend more open ridges that led to this point.
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DSCF0450.JPG3 viewsView to the north, toward Cove Lake.
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DSCF0467.JPG3 viewsStill closer on D. O. Lee Peak, behind the jagged west ridge of Peak 11072.
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DSCF0489.JPG3 viewsI have what must be the "primo" camp spot to myself. I has been stocked with plenty of wood, in the event I catch some trout. It is now almost 6 pm, so I have plenty of time to set my hang for the food, get the tent set up, pump water, fish, and make some dinner-- in the light!
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DSCF0490.JPG3 viewsThere is some alpenglow in the morning. I will try my luck fly fishing again.
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DSCF0496.JPG3 views
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DSCF0501.JPG3 viewsThe trail before reaching Lodgepole Lake.
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