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DSCF0373.JPG10 viewsAt 8:30 pm I reach the ridge top, but there is still a bit more uphill. I photograph D. O. Lee Peak in the hazy, fading light, have a snack, and continue. I see headlamps ascending the trail. I finally take out my headlamp. At 9:20 pm, I meet a woman headed for Born lakes, and advise her where to find the Z-packs tent city. Twenty minutes later, there is a group of five headed for Washington Lake, intending to take Splatski"s Cutoff the next morning and climb Castle Peak. I reach the car at 10:23 pm.

DSCF0495.JPG10 viewsFrom the D. O. Lee/WCP-9 saddle, the view west-southwest beyond Ants Basin, across the Sawtooth Valley to the Sawtooth Range. There are numerous storm cells in the distance.

DSCF0498.JPG10 viewsFrom the D. O. Lee/WCP-9 saddle, the view west-southwest beyond Ants Basin, across the Sawtooth Valley to the Sawtooth Range. This is view is slightly further west than photo 495.

DSCF0546.JPG10 viewsHalf way around Born Lakes (9555’) the freight rain arrives on time at 4:30 pm.

DSCF0556.JPG10 viewsFrom the ridge south of Ants Basin, the view north down the Warm Springs Creek drainage. Behind that ridge (in the light) north of Warm Springs Creek lies Iron Basin. The highest peaks on the right are the more northerly White Cloud Peaks. Fortunately, the rain has stopped.

DSCF0558.JPG10 viewsThe “Devil’s Staircase”, west northwest from the ridge south of Ants Basin. I descended the more northerly chute on the right. The chute to the south is hidden behind a rock rib, and lies below the large shadow, just above the center of the frame, below the pinnacle.