 Ready to paddle |
 onto Chapel Pond |
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 getting out is harder than it looks |
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 leaving a bit of civilization |
 among red pines |
 on a boardwalk |
 just 3 miles to Algonquin |
 crowded on MacIntyre falls |
 scrambling |
 facing a long open rock climb |
 climbing |
 resting |
 blooming (bunchberries) |
 trees getting short, view behind |
 taking in the view |
 making way above treeline |
 alpine goldenrod |
 rest with a view |
 more climbing |
 cotton sedge |
 mountain cranberry |
 on top |
 lapland tea |
 straightening backs |
 view of Mt Colden |
 summit markers |
 Wallface |
 heading down-toward Iroquis |
 technically a trailless route, but hardened herdpaths |
 a pose on Boundary |
 challenging scramble |
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 enjoying the summit of Iroquis |
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 and view of Wallface |
 heading back down |
 view between taller trees |
 steep descent to the brook heading to Lake Colden |
 resting |
 hopping |
 enjoying open rock views |
 reaching Lake Colden |
 and then Avalanche Lake |
 the trap dike on Colden |
 boardwalk |
 big rock |
 next boardwalk |
 jam up at a twisted ladder |
 cliffs on the Avalanche Mountian side |
 some mud |
 end of the lake |
 climbing into Avalanche Pass |
 last rest at Marcy Dam; easy hour to the car remains |