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Hike 8/7 Esmeralda Basin


A busy parking lot at the end of the Teanaway Road


Avalanche damage to the forest about 1/2 mile up the trail


Open meadows below the summits of Esmeralda Peak


A multitude of wildflowers found along the way


Monkshood


Scarlet Gilia


We saw numerous small meadows full of color


Finding a shady rest spot at Fortune Creek Pass, elevation 6000 feet


Overlooking Gallagher Head Lake and DeRoux Mountain


Alpine buckwheat growing in the rocky soil above 6000 feet.


Vista of the dry mountainsides, including a peek at Mount Stuart


A busy parking lot at the end of the Teanaway Road


Avalanche damage to the forest about 1/2 mile up the trail


Open meadows below the summits of Esmeralda Peak


A multitude of wildflowers found along the way


Monkshood


Scarlet Gilia


We saw numerous small meadows full of color


Finding a shady rest spot at Fortune Creek Pass, elevation 6000 feet


Overlooking Gallagher Head Lake and DeRoux Mountain


Alpine buckwheat growing in the rocky soil above 6000 feet.


Vista of the dry mountainsides, including a peek at Mount Stuart


A busy parking lot at the end of the Teanaway Road


Avalanche damage to the forest about 1/2 mile up the trail


Open meadows below the summits of Esmeralda Peak


A multitude of wildflowers found along the way


Monkshood


Scarlet Gilia


We saw numerous small meadows full of color


Finding a shady rest spot at Fortune Creek Pass, elevation 6000 feet


Overlooking Gallagher Head Lake and DeRoux Mountain


Alpine buckwheat growing in the rocky soil above 6000 feet.


Vista of the dry mountainsides, including a peek at Mount Stuart
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