Hike with Jim and Alex: Gray, Skylight, Marcy and Dix Wilderness
August 2009
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Solid Beaver dam, but no recent activity
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sliding into the woods
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setting out from south meadow with Jim and Alex
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one of the spider webs Jim didn't eat
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Marcy dam
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Lake Arnold
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colorful col
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base of a colden slide
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the stretch to Feldspar is
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more fun than a funhouse
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sundews
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view across lake tear of the cloud
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ducks
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scrambling up Gray
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wilde beest forward
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snack with a glimpse over trees
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Colden slide
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king of the hill
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heading up Skylight
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treeline
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pose after a relaxed lunch
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taking in the sights
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but we must leave
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above treeline on Marcy
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lots of climbing
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lots more to go
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getting close
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summit steward asks: can't you get closer?
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alpine goldenrod
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descending
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splish, splash
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muck, mash
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pretty flowers at Indian falls
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sunburn
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great place to
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work out
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nice antennea
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next day, the trail from Elk lake is smooth going
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almost to the herdpath
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tight between the firs
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view from the start of the slide
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big group ahead on the slide
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nearing the main top
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a bit more
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fine breakfast on the summit
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over to south dix
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a favorite rest spot
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where backpacks go on their day off
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up Hough
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fine views
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yummy goldenrod
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last scramble
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the beckhorn of Dix is wonderful
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mountain sandwort in a crevise
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note the depth of the peat mat
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summit grass
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herd path had stolen gear: sleeping mats & here a bandana
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view descending
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snow berry
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artist conch
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trillium fruit
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lillian brook
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indian cucmumber
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border collie cooling off
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time to say goodbye to the bluebead lilies