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rozoneill: Our group of Cowhorn wranglers
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rozoneill: And away we go!
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rozoneill: Brooding Mount Thielsen makes an appearance
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rozoneill: Mount Bailey was prominent to the south
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rozoneill: The Pacific Crest Trail went uphill for about 4 miles or so
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rozoneill: Ever onward and upward
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rozoneill: The trail angles upward through a patch of grouseberry
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rozoneill: Thunder was in the forecast, so we watched the clouds warily
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rozoneill: View to the cone of Windigo Butte
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rozoneill: Up on a dusty trail through a thin forest
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rozoneill: Clouds formed above the crest
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rozoneill: Forest and clouds on a pleasantly cool day
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rozoneill: The trail goes past a fallen giant
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rozoneill: View down to one of the Windigo Lakes
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rozoneill: View to one of two Windigo Lakes
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rozoneill: And there's today's guest of honor: Cowhorn Mountain
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rozoneill: Rock, trees, and sky pretty much sums up today's hiking experience
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rozoneill: The trail sideswipes a rocky lava flow
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rozoneill: A little trail humor directed at a semi-stagnant pond
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rozoneill: Up through the rocks and pumice
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rozoneill: Lane's just gotta photobomb!
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rozoneill: We ran into more and more snowdrifts
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rozoneill: Cowhorn Mountain, getting closer all the time
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rozoneill: Orange cup fungus on the trail
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rozoneill: First look at Sawtooth Peak
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rozoneill: Sawtooth Peak is Cowhorn's next door neighbor
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rozoneill: Mount Bailey looms to the south
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rozoneill: A thundercloud wannabe
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rozoneill: The snow made things sketchy at times
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rozoneill: The sky was trying to form thunderclouds