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IMG_5692.JPG11 viewsThis gives one a pretty good idea about just where it can be found. I thought it might be a geo-cache, but we left it undisturbed, and did not even enter a waypoint.
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IMG_5738.JPG11 viewsAfter a night of high wind and rain we awoke to clear skies and peaks reflected in the breezy waters of Packrat Lake.
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IMG_5745.JPG11 viewsThis amazing granite dagger thrusts skyward on the ridge northeast of Packrat Lake.
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IMG_5762.JPG11 viewsThe familiar form of Warbonnet Peak seen in the background to the north from the saddle north of Reward Peak.
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IMG_5757.JPG11 viewsSome steep boulder hopping leads to the loose, steep scree slope, and up to the saddle north of Reward Peak.
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IMG_5916.JPG11 viewsThe gateway to the Thompson basin.
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IMG_5950.JPG11 viewsThe descent to the climber's trail involved surprisingly little boulder hopping with careful route finding.
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IMG_5953.JPG11 viewsHappy to be nearing the "unnamed lake"...not a moment too soon. We did get to Alpine Way before losing the light, but the difficulties getting back to the Iron Creek trailhead proved to be far from over.
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IMG_5945.JPG11 viewsThe benches get steeper below the trees in the lower left corner, leading to the upper lake. The lower of the lakes in the foreground is the "unnamed lake". The light still reflects on Redfish Lake at the edge of Thompson Peak's shadow advancing across the valley. Little Redfish Lake is fully in sunlight further left.
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