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Re: The Sawtooth Redemption
« Reply #60 on: January 31, 2010, 02:10:36 AM »
BACKPACKING DAY 9: CRAMER DIVIDE TO ALPINE LAKE

This was the day "backpacking fatigue" set in, and hordes of flies too.


Jagged teeth wrapping around to the southeast from Cramer Divide


500 feet above Hidden Lake


The Temple


Pt. 10,579, Mt. Cramer and the Arrowhead


Sunset from Alpine Lake

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splendor and the complicated grandeur of Big Bend will still be here. Waiting for us."--Ed Abbey

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Re: The Sawtooth Redemption
« Reply #61 on: February 01, 2010, 12:04:07 AM »
i dont get down to this forum enough, will read this tomorrow. sounds epic!
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Re: The Sawtooth Redemption
« Reply #62 on: February 06, 2010, 02:58:54 AM »
BACKPACKING DAY 10: ALPINE LAKE TO BARON CREEK

Unsure if I could finish the route as planned, I faced an immediate 900 foot gain, then a 3,600 foot loss.


Reflection in Upper Baron Lake

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Monte Verita and Baron Lake


Baron Creek Canyon


Baron Creek, near my 9th campsite

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Re: The Sawtooth Redemption
« Reply #63 on: February 08, 2010, 11:39:08 PM »
I hope you are making a photo book of this trip!  You have enough awesome pics to make a winner!
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Re: The Sawtooth Redemption
« Reply #64 on: February 14, 2010, 12:21:16 AM »
Quote from: randell on February 08, 2010, 11:39:08 PM
I hope you are making a photo book of this trip!  You have enough awesome pics to make a winner!

I should. Since I've entered the digital age, I've hardly printed a single photo.  :icon_cry:
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Re: The Sawtooth Redemption
« Reply #65 on: February 14, 2010, 12:24:26 AM »
The backpacking portion of the trip ended anticlimactically with a short hike down from the confluence of Baron Creek and its north fork to Grandjean. A few photos:


Sunrise from my last campsite on the trail


Trail Creek


South Fork Payette River and Grandjean Peak

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Re: The Sawtooth Redemption
« Reply #66 on: February 14, 2010, 12:28:50 AM »
Overall, I stayed in 17 campsites over 18 nights -- the only repeat was the North Rim of the Grand Canyon -- covering six states.

Highlights:


Glen Canyon


Between Vernon and Edna Lakes in the Sawtooths


Imogene Lake in the Sawtooths


Alpine Lake in the Sawtooths


North Rim Campground in Grand Canyon NP

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Re: The Sawtooth Redemption
« Reply #67 on: April 07, 2010, 11:50:19 AM »
How was the North rim CG? We stayed there in October 2006 before the North Rim fire. We loved it then, golden aspen with few other visitors. I wass under the impression that some of the campground burned in the fires a few years ago.

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Re: The Sawtooth Redemption
« Reply #68 on: April 07, 2010, 12:08:23 PM »
Quote from: mountaindocdanny on April 07, 2010, 11:50:19 AM
How was the North rim CG? We stayed there in October 2006 before the North Rim fire. We loved it then, golden aspen with few other visitors. I wass under the impression that some of the campground burned in the fires a few years ago.

-Danny

In fact, there had been a fire on the North Rim just a couple of weeks before I got there (the Aspen fire):



It shut down the main road, which was damaged and being repaired when I was there, and there were still pockets of smoldering debris scattered around.

As for the CG, I didn't notice any significant burn damage, but I definitely didn't notice any aspen trees. To me, it looked like a typical "industrial" campground in a big popular national park, and it was fairly crowded. The photo of my campsite shown in a previous post was taken to minimize the number of neighbors in the shot.
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Re: The Sawtooth Redemption
« Reply #69 on: May 24, 2010, 09:45:35 AM »
Quote from: jeffblaylock on January 31, 2010, 02:07:05 AM
Coming soon. And I owe Homero a gear list.

I wouldn't mind seeing that gear list too.

What an awesome trip...
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