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kepPNW: Beautiful calypso orchids adorned the sun dappled forest floor.
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kepPNW: Beautiful calypso orchids scattered across the sun dappled forest floor.
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kepPNW: Fawn lilies lined the trail.
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kepPNW: Looking into the vast unspoiled Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness. See any clearcuts?
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kepPNW: The search for a woman who (it turned out) was eaten by a cougar meant (finally!) clearing the Huncback trail of hundreds of fallen logs.
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kepPNW: Impeded view of Mount Hood from the Hunchback Trail.
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kepPNW: Snow mold! Creepy stuff, that covered large swaths of the forest floor.
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kepPNW: Zooming on the summit area on Hood.
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kepPNW: Devils Peak Lookout
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kepPNW: Classic shot of Hood out the lookout door.
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kepPNW: Cabinets stocked with all manner of miscellany for future lookout visitors.
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kepPNW: Classic view out the Devils Peak lookout towards Mount Hood.
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kepPNW: The supplies cabinet at Devils Peak.
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kepPNW: See the descending climbers?
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kepPNW: Zooming on the summit area on Mount Hood.
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kepPNW: Mount Jefferson
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kepPNW: Olallie Butte, Mount Jefferson, and Three Fingered Jack.
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kepPNW: Mount Hood from Devils Peak.
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kepPNW: Zooming on the summit area on Mount Hood.
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kepPNW: Devils Peak Lookout
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kepPNW: Snow got so deep on steep ridge leading towards Kinzel Lake, the decision to turn around was the only viable one.
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kepPNW: Creepy snow mold covered much of the forest floor. So weird!
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kepPNW: Creepy snow mold covered much of the forest floor. So weird!
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kepPNW: Calypso Orchids