October 2005 Hike
with Zach

We reach the trail head	water is fairly high as we head to camp	we wander to the beaver dam
the morning brings some bright leaves	and we go to the rocks above the inner camp for breakfast	cool blue on the rock
we head on up the stream	turning leaves against the brilliant sky	we reach our ravine and grab last water
up the ravine	onto the slide	clambering hard
view of the slide with a view
careful crossover	down from the lip	still plenty to go
clamber	progress	neat seed pods
climbing in the brush	we make the summit for lunch	doing the dew
Dix summit view
wandering onward	rock with a view of the East Dix slides	survey peg
descending the trail to a view of the north side slides	trailside mushrooms	onto the slide
water we trust	posing with Noonmark over our shoulders	a riverside break on the way out
Round pond	twin pond	beaver pond
beaver portage	dinner on the rocks	breaking camp in the morning
swimming hole on the north Boquet	Johns brook	and weathered rock
we head to a trailless climb of Lower Wolfjaw -- but we aren't the first ones to come this way	we reach views from the slide	and climb into the glaring sun
getting higher	groved rock	wow of a view
Cliff poses too	but there is still more to climb	although eventually we need to enter the brush for an easy step over to the ridge trail
lunch on Lower Wolfjaw	view through the trees	amazing sky
squeeze	and scramble	we make it Upper Wolfjaw
ladder climbing	we take a nice rest on Armstrong	the sky remains brilliant
old marker on Gothics	enjoying the view	Cliff too
all around
reaching the open rock on the descent toward Ore Bed	long descent	first cable
more to go	it is a lovely descent	oily seep from moss on a side slide
on the stream near an early family camp	thebridge by the ranger station is out	we walk for about an hour with headlamps