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Author Topic: The Sawtooth Redemption  (Read 4571 times)
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« Reply #60 on: January 31, 2010, 01:07:36 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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« Reply #61 on: January 31, 2010, 11:01:07 pm »
i dont get down to this forum enough, will read this tomorrow. sounds epic!
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« Reply #62 on: February 06, 2010, 01:55:54 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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« Reply #63 on: February 08, 2010, 10:36:08 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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« Reply #64 on: February 13, 2010, 11:18:16 pm »
Quote from: randell on February 08, 2010, 10:36:08 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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« Reply #65 on: February 13, 2010, 11:21:26 pm »
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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« Reply #66 on: February 13, 2010, 11:25:50 pm »
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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