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Lake Dorothy in the early morning
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Swamp at 3850ft on the bootpath to Gold Lake. Mosquitos were horrendous here and we had to swiftly move on. I missed the pink flags at the opposite side of the swap (which may have been good, see trip report)
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Elephant's Head in the swamp area at 4150ft
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Nice waterfall while approaching Gold Lake
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Let the tarnage begin! First tarn while approaching Gold Lake
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Gold Lake
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Gold Lake
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Gold Lake doesn't fit in one shot, so here's a panorama.
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Liesl on our way up from Gold Lake to Big Snow
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The area above Gold Lake is loaded with creeks, waterfalls and tarns
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Tarn
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It was a very warm day, so Liesl finds some refreshment in the water
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Waterfall above Gold Lake
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Another beautiful tarn
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We have now reached the main creek that goes all the way up to tarn 5759. There is a beautiful waterfall at the first tarn on this creek (~5100ft)
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Waterfall at 5100ft
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The waterfall at 5100ft had much more water on the way out
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Beautiful views at the 5100ft tarn
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Higher view of the 5100ft tarn
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We start seeing more regular snow fields at about 5300ft
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Scenic lower tarn at 5500ft on Big Snow
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The upper tarn at 5500ft still had some melting snow floating in it.
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Floating snow
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Higher view of the scenic tarn at 5500ft
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Higher view of the scenic tarn at 5500ft
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Tarn 5759. We filled up on water here, and on the way out took a refreshing dip in the water.
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Snow reflection
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Liesl at tarn 5759. The rocks match her coat well
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Above tarn 5759 the views expand and Mt. Hinman and Daniel peek over the ridge.
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Beautiful view of tarn 5759 and Gold Lake in the background
