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DSCF0243.JPG10 viewsAfter an initial steep descent from the mouth of Strawberry Basin on the north, the terrain below levels out into some nice meadows before steeping again.
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DSCF0322.JPG10 viewsLooking back to the north, beyond Island Lake from the saddle between the two Boulder Lake basins. It’s already 3 pm, but the cloud development is not anywhere as threatening as it has been the past two afternoons.
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DSCF0325.JPG10 viewsD. O. Lee Peak to the west northwest, from the saddle that allows access to Hummock Lake.
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DSCF0327.JPG10 viewsLooking southeast from the saddle between the two Boulder Lake basins to Hidden Lake, draining into Hummock Lake. Smoke from fires in Oregon and Washington is drifting back to the White Clouds.
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DSCF0326.JPG10 viewsThe descent was not as exposed as I remembered, but requires careful route finding to ensure the safest descent.
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DSCF0328.JPG10 viewsCastle Peak, and the Serrate Ridge rise in the distance to the south. Scoop Lake (seen below the Serrate Ridge) is the highest Lake one encounters on the trail before climbing south out of the Boulder Chain Lakes basin.
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DSCF0329.JPG10 viewsTo the north, the ridge I ascended to avoid “side-hilling” in talus is seen west of Island Lake. It might have taken longer, but was a much more pleasant route than that from Cove Lake, described in the Idaho Alpine Zone article, and the one taken in my first crossing between the two Boulder Lake basins two years prior.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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DSCF0546.JPG10 viewsHalf way around Born Lakes (9555’) the freight rain arrives on time at 4:30 pm.
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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.
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