Idaho Exposure

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

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IMG_3306.JPG16 viewsThe professor boulder hops with a full pack just below the outlet of Goat Lake. Note the large granite friction slab in the foreground; a nice break from the boulders.
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IMG_3340.JPG16 viewsThe cloud tops turn orange as the sun shines through holes in the clouds as it rises over the White Clouds.
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IMG_3395.JPG16 viewsWe set up camp, but have trouble deciding whether or not to attempt the peak today. The weather is improving, but it is getting late, having taken longer than we thought to get to this point. Ideally, we should be coming down from the summit of Thompson. The weather is still threatening.
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IMG_3435.JPG16 viewsNorthwest from the summit.
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IMG_3462.JPG16 viewsThe orange block in the foreground is actually the pinnacle we first climbed in error, northwest of the northwest summit. Lopez, in "Idaho, a Climbing Guide" refers to the summit as the west of the two summits. This is where the register is, but the southeast summit is higher, according to National Geodetic Survey (see IMG_3503).
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