Idaho Exposure

Hiking, Climbing, Backpacking, Snowshoeing, Backcountry Skiing. Photos by Thomas Oetzell; idahoexposure.com

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IMG_3491.JPG17 viewsThe view southeast from the summit of Thompson Peak; mountains, and more mountains.
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IMG_3490.JPG17 viewsFrom the summit of Thompson Peak, Castle Peak, 11,815', the highest peak in the White Cloud Mountains towers above the Stanley Valley to the east.
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IMG_3505.JPG17 viewsD. O. Lee Peak in the Whiteclouds rising above the Stanley Valley to the east, viewed through a slot descending to the Thompson/Mickeys Spire Saddle.
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IMG_3508.JPG17 viewsThe basin west of the Thompson/Williams Saddle. We are heading for the middle drainage, which drops steeply into the lake basin south of Goat Lake.
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IMG_4138.JPG17 viewsWe were able to avoid standing water (mud) most of the way down Buckskin Gulch.
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IMG_6622.JPG17 viewsUplifted strata north of D. O. Lee Peak above Ants Basin.
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IMG_7861.JPG17 viewsThompson Peak casts its shadow into the valley from whence we came; from the Thompson Peak/Mickey's Spire saddle.
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IMG_7978.JPG17 viewsCoursing north toward the top of the couloir in the morning light, the stream draining the basin above Goat Lake.
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