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7:30 am at the Blanca Lake trailhead, ready to go. Another party is attempting Kyes.
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Start time
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Elevation at trailhead
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A first glimpse of my destination - Kyes Peak on the right
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Kyes peak seen from the Blanca Lake trail
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Approaching Virgin Lake
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Virgin Lake
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Still fresh
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Starting the hike to Kyes
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Not much of a trail, is it?
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Getting sketchy
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Blanca Lake seen from trail
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Marshland - this would be a nice, flat camping spot, if you could find a dry place
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Water ponds
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This is getting worse and worse
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Crags above - don't go there, stay under.
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More crags
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The path is getting into open space
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Nice straight line
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Looking back
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Getting any closer?
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Hazy Glacier Peak.
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Going down over "blueberry avenue"
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At the boulder field.
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Crossing
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Selfie
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Columbia Peak
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A lone cairn - there were not many markers on this trail
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Whacking my way through heather and blueberry bushes back to the ridge, after clearing point 5800
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Blanca Lake with Fritz
