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Starting out for Lamarck Lakes at a break after a severe hailstorm
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Hiking through inches of accumulated hail
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Lamarck Lakes trail
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Lower Lamarck Lake
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Camp at Lower Lamarck Lake
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Thunderstorms surrounded us and hail was all over the ground
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Sunrise at Lower Lamarck Lake
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Breakfast at camp at Lower Lamarck Lake
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Sunrise at Lower Lamarck Lake, also a view to the high plateu that leads to Lamarck Col
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Crossing outlet stream from Upper Lamarck
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Crossing *back* over the Upper Lamarck outlet stream to get to the use trail to Lamarck Col
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Use trail was flooded in places
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Lamarck Col use trail switchbacks up this steep gully
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View from near the top of the gully
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Trail is in really good shape, hugs this cliff before leveling out
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Jessica on the trail
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Jason below on the trail, and Owens Valley in the distance
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A snowfield and a hiker who talus-hopped and then went straight up, while we found a good use trail around to the right
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Looking back down the sandy plateau the trail climbs
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The tarn and Lamarck Col, which is *not* where most of the paths across the snow lead. It's actually near the Muir hut shaped rock towards the left of the tracks across the snowfield.
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Lamarck Col is near the Muir hut shaped rock near just left of the middle of the ridgeline in this picture.
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Jason crossing the snowfield below Lamarck Col
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Jessica making her way through the large talus to get to the snowfield below Lamarck Col
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Jessica and Alpine Gold on the use trail up the last bit to Lamarck Col
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Alpine gold and the tarn below Lamarck Col
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Sky Pilot and Apline Gold at Lamarck Col
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Looking south from Lamarck Col
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Descending into Darwin Canyon from Lamarck Col
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Looking back up at Lamarck Col. The proper col is at rightmost 90 degree angle in the ridgeline, where the ridgeline is relatively straight then bends straight up a small cliff, it's being pointed to here by a triangle rock in the middle foreground
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Descending into Darwin Canyon from Lamarck Col
