Most viewed - "Epic White Cloud Backpacking Loop" revisited, August 27, 2023
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DSCF0775.JPG11 viewsA sage brush, half way across the plateau below the "Devil's Staircase". He is well camouflaged.
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DSCF0623.JPG10 viewsLooking east toward Fourth of July Lake.
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DSCF0621.JPG10 viewsThe cross-country route climbs north, north west from the Fourth of July Creek trail head. After a 40 minute climb, one reaches this saddle southwest of Blackman Peak.
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DSCF0624.JPG9 viewsAcross the Sawtooth Valley, one can see Mt. Cramer on the north and Snowyside Peak to the south. The latter in encountered on the Petit-Toxaway loop between Alice and Toxaway Lakes. The 11 mile road leading to Fourth of July Creek trail head climbs the drainage in the center of the photo.
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DSCF0626.JPG9 viewsThe Sawtooth range on the horizon, across the Sawtooth Valley, a bit further north.
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DSCF0627.JPG8 viewsThis is the second time I have come across tents on the plateau above Strawberry Basin to the north. The views are nice, but there is no water here.
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DSCF0628.JPG8 viewsThe trail ascends to this point overlooking Strawberry Basin, with the first views of the White Cloud Peaks.
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DSCF0631.JPG8 viewsI'm thinking that peak furthest west, to the left of the peak with the shadow (below the cloud), is Mount Cramer, above Imogene Lake. Let me know if I'm wrong!
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DSCF0635.JPG8 viewsThe deep recession, to the left and above the center of frame, leads into Iron Basin, my destination this evening.
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DSCF0638.JPG8 viewsJust ahead, the gradient becomes much steeper, and eventually leads to Warm Springs Creek.
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DSCF0772.JPG8 viewsThe pinnacle towering immediately south of the "Devil's Staircase", the steep pass leading to Born Lakes on the west, as photographed from just west of Windy Devil. Looking closely reveals the useful switchbacks leading to the top. A small pine sits in the low notch that is the pass
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DSCF0780.JPG8 viewsGetting much closer to the top, I take another photo of the keyhole with the same 35 mm lens.
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