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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - Greeted by Banded Peak, Outlaw Peak, Mt Cornwall and Mt Glasgow on the way to the trailhead
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - A short snowy section on an otherwise snowless trail
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - The trail begins
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - Here comes Ben
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - A peekaboo view of the Rockies through the trees
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - The Moose Mountain massive in the distance
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - The forest is carpetted with moss
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - Ben takes the lead
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - We took Long Distance to Merline View Loop via Reconnect, and returned on Braggin Rights
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - Larry on the trail
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - An American Three-toed Woodpecker!
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - The trail just ahead of the amazing lookout
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - The view
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - A better view of Moose Mountain
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - A view of one of the "cut lines." In earlier days geologists had cut lines plowed through the forest in order to map the geology beneath
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - More trail maps
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - A hyper-zoom shot of Moose Mountain summit from Reconnect Trail
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365-5-26 Moonset over Moose Mountain - a peekaboo through the Chinook clouds
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - Another take on the moon setting behind Moose Mountain
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - A well built and design trail!
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - After 6 km's of walking we finally get to Merlin View Loop
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - Forest light and shadows
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - We saw around a dozen mountain bikers / fat tire bikers on the trails today
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - Ben and Larry on Merlin View Loop
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - The mountain bike community is building more trails! Yay!
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - A great view bench on the Merlin View Loop
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - Larry in a Lodgepole Pine forest
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - We did a fair amount of getting out of the way of mountain bikers
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - Ben next to a big patch of Kinnikinnick
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Merlin View Loop Winter Hike - Bohemian Waxwings!
