Top rated - Eclipse from Thompson Peak, August 21, 2017
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IMG_7976.JPG18 views     (1 votes)
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IMG_7937.JPG34 viewsThe pollinators were busy doing their part!     (1 votes)
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IMG_7896.JPG32 viewsAn afterthought; with the 1.4 extender on the 70-200, I train the camera on what most people photographed, without much luck!     (1 votes)
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IMG_7842.JPG24 viewsTired, we arrive at the south end of Goat Lake, and watch someone reel in a nice sized trout from the inlet.     (1 votes)
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IMG_7984.JPG20 viewsThompson Peak and the ridge to it's west bathed in alpenglow, reflected in the tarn southwest of our camp.     (1 votes)
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IMG_7978.JPG18 viewsCoursing north toward the top of the couloir in the morning light, the stream draining the basin above Goat Lake.     (1 votes)
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IMG_7855.JPG28 viewsThe light only gets better...     (1 votes)
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IMG_7836.JPG26 viewsThe outlet of Goat Lake. Thompson Peak is the distant peak left of the couloir rising above the far end of the lake. Mickey's Spire is directly above the couloir. Thompson Peak is ascended from the saddle between the two.     (1 votes)
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IMG_7845.JPG23 viewsA short stretch of boulder hopping at the top of the snow couloir leads to a lake we cross on the left side. Mike is ready to camp here.     (1 votes)
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IMG_7843.JPGThe route to the meadows, our destination for the evening, follows the snow south of Goat Lake around to the right, climbs the buttress, which leads to the snow couloir.22 views     (1 votes)
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IMG_7839.JPG22 viewsFour climbers descend soft snow in the late afternoon; the couloir above Goat Lake.     (1 votes)
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IMG_7841.JPG26 viewsPerennial snowfield on the west side of Goat Lake.     (1 votes)
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