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GPS track for Big Snow attempt via Lake Dorothy and Gold Lake
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Camp Robber Creek from the bridge on the trail to Lake Dorothy
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View of Lake Dorothy from the outlet. Big Snow is hiding in the clouds
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First view of Big Snow in the morning along Lake Dorothy
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Big Snow from one of the camp areas along Lake Dorothy (taken on way out)
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Glacier Lillies at Lake Dorothy
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Lake Dorothy
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The swampy inlet of Lake Dorothy
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The swampy inlet of Lake Dorothy, with Big Snow in the background.
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The inlet of Lake Dorothy. This is where the trail continues to Bear Lake. The bootpath to Gold Lake begins here left (east) of the inlet.
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Pretty waterfall towards Gold Lake at ~3500ft. This is where we crossed the creek and continued on the west side.
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Swampy area around 4000ft
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Horrible bushes around 4100ft, which only very vague traces of the bootpath
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Swampy area around 4200ft, al the bottom of the final climb to Gold Lake
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At 4700 feet we hit continues snow, and switched to snowshoes. This photo is at the west branch of the creek, with Gold Creek behind the small hill in the foreground. The peak Pt 6305, Wild Goat Peak
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Waterfall in the area west of Gold Lake
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Trail, tarns, Wild Goat Peak, and a bit of Gold Lake
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Beautiful terrain between Gold Lake and Big Snow
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Loose wet avalanches in the tarn basin south of Pt 5608
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Trail towards Pt 5608, with Lemah Mountain (not 100% sure) visible on the pass. This pass is where the Hardscrabble Lakes route joins the gentle slopes towards Big Snow
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Gold Lake and Wild Goat Peak
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Pano of Lake Dorothy and Gold Lake, with in the distance many peaks, such as Three Fingers, Whitehorse, and peeking over the ridge on the right more prominently Malachite Peak, and just the tip of Glacier Peak
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Lake Dorothy from Pt 5608
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Zoom of the peaks north, with Three Fingers / Whitehorse in the middle, and the Monte Cristo group to the right
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Panorama of Gold Lake and the ridge from Pt 6305 (Wild Goat Peak) to Pt 6080
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View from Pt 5608 on Pt 6131. Left of this point is where the Hardscrabble Lakes route comes up.
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Panorama of the beautiful area between Gold Lake and Big Snow
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Lake Dorothy. The peak with the rocky slope left of Lake Dorothy is Cascade Mountain. Right of this peak is Lennox Mountain.
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Panorama of the beautiful area between Gold Lake and Big Snow
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Snowshoe track
