Whenever we go backpacking I always end of taking a lot of pictures, and usually put less than 10% on my blog. This time I decided to include a lot more pictures and let them tell the tale of our trip.
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| Quinault River-1 mile in |
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| Red Huckleberries-lots of berries on this trip including blue huckleberries, thimbleberries, salmonberries, native blackberries, and blackcaps |
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| Big Trees |
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| Hiking through the forest along the Quinault River |
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| Still following the Quinault River on day 2 |
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| There were lots of there small bridges on this trip |
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| Mom nearing Low Divide |
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| Looking back down the valley we climbed getting to Low Divide |
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| Columbine |
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| Glacier Lillies |
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| Lake Margaret |
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| Lake Mary |
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| Full size blowdown |
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| Tiger Lilly |
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| Starting up toward Dodwell-Rixon Pass on Day 3 |
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| Tons of Columbine this trip |
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| Jacob on the "trail", the parents are the red specs to the left of him |
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| Looking back down the snowfield leading up the valley |
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| Climbing toward the pass |
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| Almost up |
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| Looking at Dodwell-Rixon Pass |
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| On the Bailey Range |
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| A little pool of water |
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| Snowed in lakes |
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| Looking toward Mount Olympus |
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| Flowers on the Morning of Day 4 |
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| Looking down off the Bailey Range |
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| Mt. Olympus |
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| Glacier Lillies |
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| The first Mountain Goat-we probably saw around 10 this trip |
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| Heading along the ridge to Bear Pass |
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| Dad at Bear Pass |
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| "Barkchip" rocks |
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| Onto the snow |
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| Looking down another drainage from atop the Bailey Range |
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| No end of craggy peaks |
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| Looking back across the snowfield we just traversed |
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| Nice cool water |
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| Paintbrush |
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| Lupine |
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| Smoke rolling in from BC-apparently, this fires in BC are also contributing to the smoky air in Corvallis! |
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| The top 2 feet of Mt. Ferry |
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| A smoky evening! Too bad about the fires |
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| Looking down the ridge we descended on day 5 |
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| We got pretty close to this big guy! |
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| Looking back up the ridge. We dropped off the top a little ways left of the snow |
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| Mount Scott |
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| A bright red paintbrush on our descent to the saddle between Ludden Peak and Mount Scott |
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| Dr. Suess's Truffula Trees (see The Lorax) - I don't know what they are actually called |
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| Dad in the Columbine |
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| Good trail for this section |
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| Some steep off trail scrambling to get around Ludden Peak |
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| Water flowing underground |
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| Some sections of the abandoned Dodger Point trail were not so great |
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| Farther down in the trees, the abandoned Dodger Point trail was in great shape |
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| Old growth and moss |
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| Remann's Cabin |
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| Lots of moss along the Elwha River |
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| Still smoky on the morning of day 6 - that's Dodger Point from below |
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| A salamander |
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| This tree was 650 years old - hope they didn't have to do it with a cross cut! |
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| Starting the climb to Low Divide on Day 7 |
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| Lake Mary-the second time |
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| Flowers just over Low Divide |
Beautiful photos ... What an incredible place.
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