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rozoneill: Red currant basks in a sunbeam
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rozoneill: A partial view down to Hemlock Lake from the trail
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rozoneill: Melting snowdrifts covered the trail here and there
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rozoneill: The trail climbed through a thick and shady forest
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rozoneill: The sun peeks through a skein of branches
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rozoneill: A boardwalk gets us across a boggy bit
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rozoneill: Snow covers a small creek
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rozoneill: Trillium was very much a thing on this hike
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rozoneill: A hellebore sprout gets some illumination from the sun
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rozoneill: The trail goes over a melting snowdrift
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rozoneill: The grade eased up when we reached a ridge crest
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rozoneill: Tiny avalanche lilies dangled next to the trail
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rozoneill: This sign has seen much better days
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rozoneill: Mount McLaughlin peeks over the Rogue-Umpqua Divide
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rozoneill: The rugged terrain of the South Umpqua River drainage
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rozoneill: View to a neighboring ridge as the terrain dropped away from our feet
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rozoneill: Columbia windflower were abundant on the forest floor
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rozoneill: Michael and Chuck head up the hill
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rozoneill: The trail began to enter a series of spectacular meadows
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rozoneill: Lichen draped off the sunny side of the trees
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rozoneill: The aptly named Spring Beauty
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rozoneill: Snow queen appears after the snow melts
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rozoneill: We've hiked to a point high above Hemlock Lake
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rozoneill: Trees live and dead on the ridge crest we were hiking on
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rozoneill: Oregon bleeding heart thrives in the meadows
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rozoneill: Salmon polemonium (great Jacob's ladder)
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rozoneill: A trio of trilliums
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rozoneill: A trillium with bloodshot eyes
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rozoneill: A veined trillium flower
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rozoneill: Yellow Jacket Glade skyline