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0265 Driving up Harts Pass Road (NF5400) the highest road in Washington State, en route to the PCT trailhead near Slate Peak
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0287 Our car at the Slate Peak trailhead - we camped in it the first night, to head out on the Pacific Crest Trail in the morning
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0288 Wooden Pacific Crest Trail sign at the Slate Peak trailhead - 31 miles to the Canadian Border
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0293 View out the back window of our car in the morning when we woke up - time to hike to Canada!
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0294 View from the Slate Peak PCT trailhead parking area - Harts Pass is the low point on the left behind the trees
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0304 We drove back down to Harts Pass and stored our car food in the new Bear Boxes - very nice and clean
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0306 Vicki wearing her backpack next to the car as we get ready to start hiking north to Canada on the PCT at Slate Peak
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0327 Ninety Nine Basin on the far left, with Slate Creek, below, and North Tatie Peak (Peak 7370) across the way
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0362 Panorama view down the hillside toward Slate Creek, with North Tatie Peak across the way, from the PCT
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0378 Annotated Panorama from the PeakFinder Earth app, from the Pacific Crest Trail north of Harts Pass
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0387 Zoomed-in view of Crater Mountain, Mount Baker (50 miles away!), and Jack Mountain from the Pacific Crest Trail
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0392 Zoomed-in view of Mount Baker from the Pacific Crest Trail near Slate Peak on a very clear Summer Day
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0399 Hiking north on the Pacific Crest Trail northwest of Slate Peak, with Benson Creek in the valley on the left
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0447 Zoomed-in view of the yurt near Windy Pass - this is privately owned and can be rented during ski season
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0461 Crossing Windy Pass on the PCT - the Pasayten Wilderness begins to the north of the pass
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0463 Vicki posing next to the Pasayten Wilderness Sign as we continue beyond Windy Pass on the PCT
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0472 Buckskin Ridge and Pasayten Peak across the Pasayten River Valley from the PCT north of Windy Pass
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0474 Talus field as we near our first day's camp near Windy Pass on the Pacific Crest Trail
