Ben hadn't yet seen the eastern Pasayten, so we did parts of the classic Chewuch-Boundary Trail loop, but included nine summits along the way and quite a bit of cross-country travel.
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65 miles, 19k' gain |
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Chewuch River beaver |
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Rubber Boa |
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Not the usual Wilderness sign |
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Windy Creek trail to Windy Peak |
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Pano from Windy Peak |
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Horseshoe Mountain summit, with Arnold and Armstrong next; Ben's photo |
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Border monuments 103 and 104 are on Armstrong |
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Mother Ptarmigan distracting us from the chicks |
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Armstrong Creek valley, Canada |
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Descending Armstrong, Haig in center up next |
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Loudon Lake and the western edge of Horseshoe Basin |
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Weather rolling in |
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Bauerman Ridge hail storm; Ben's photo |
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Bauerman Ridge hail storm; Ben's photo |
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Apex Mountain from Tungsten Mine |
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Pano from Wolframite Mountain summit |
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Ben on Wolframite's summit |
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Remmel Mountain from the summit of Apex Mountain |
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Western Pasayten and the North Cascades from Apex |
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Looking at our cross country route south of Apex, down to the Chewuch |
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Four Point Creek basin on the Remmel/Coleman Ridge trail |
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The signs survive |
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Nice bedrock area on Andrews Creek |