As Lyman Lake had over 40" of snow melt in the last two weeks, I was hoping that the central Entiat range, with many south and west facing aspects, would be melting even faster. Turned out to be still a few weeks away from the longer trip that
Ethan and I had planned, but still an amazing day and a good amount of time spent at or above 7,000'. Plus,
potential wolverine print near Devil's Smoke Stack.
No issues on the Basalt Pass-Basalt Ridge trail portions; most of the snow is above 6800'.
Apologies for the panorama-heavy photo set...
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| Crook Mountain |
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| Looking south toward Plain, with the eastern Enchantment peaks |
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| Basalt Ridge trail heading toward Point 7450' |
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| Basalt Ridge with 7450'; Rampart Mountain on the left |
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| Enchantments, Chiwaukum peaks, Rainier |
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| Leaving 7450 headed along the ridge to Rampart; with the Entiat, Chiwawa and Dakobed ranges |
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| Devil's Smoke Stack and Rampart Mountain |
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| Larch-filled basin between Devil's Smoke Stack and Garland Peak |
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| Looking into the Duncan Fire area closure |
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| Buck, Glacier, Dakobed peaks, Clark |
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| Ethan checking out the west end of Devil's Smoke Stack |
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| Ethan's photo |
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| Rampart Mountain summit 7,693'; with Fifth of July, Maude, Chiwawa, Fortress, Dome and Glacier area peaks |
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| Cool pumice field; Ethan's photo |
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| Wonderfully-fresh spring |
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| Descending Basalt Ridge |
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