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rozoneill: Apparently a small fire was burning nearby
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rozoneill: It was a short stay on the Pacific Crest Trail before turning off
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rozoneill: Time to follow the Old Summit Trail
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rozoneill: It was gentle ups and downs between the PCT and Square Lake
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rozoneill: If you like blue sky and dead trees then you will love this hike
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rozoneill: Small trees sprout where there once was a forest
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rozoneill: Skeletons point to the sky
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rozoneill: Texture of a silver snag
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rozoneill: Mount Washington was visible for most of this hike
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rozoneill: A dead tree occluded view to Hayrick and Hoodoo Buttes
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rozoneill: The trail ran below this ridge covered with dead trees
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rozoneill: View to North and Middle Sisters
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rozoneill: A better view to Hayrick and Hoodoo Buttes
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rozoneill: View upslope from the trail
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rozoneill: A clear view to North Sister, Middle Sister, and Mount Washington
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rozoneill: The best view to Hayrick and Hoodoo Butte
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rozoneill: Dense, low-growing shrubbery grew where there once was a forest
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rozoneill: View to the ridge above the trail
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rozoneill: Clouds painted the sky above the snags and ridges
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rozoneill: Found one ceanothus bush still in bloom
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rozoneill: Bracken fern loved the sunlight and open slopes
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rozoneill: Trail, wandering through an infant forest
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rozoneill: The trail at times was sketchy, due to encroaching vegetation
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rozoneill: A gray jay hopes for a handout
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rozoneill: View to perfectly symmetrical Black Butte
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rozoneill: Panorama from the trail
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rozoneill: The trail was getting fainter and fainter
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rozoneill: Pearly everlasting
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rozoneill: Yes, this really is the trail
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rozoneill: A small rocky point served as a navigational aid