002 Wind River Range from the flight from Salt Lake City to Jackson Hole
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004 Grand Teton from the plane
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008 Grand Teton Range from near the airport
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010 Grand Tetons from near the airport
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012 Wind River Range on the drive from Jackson Hole to Pinedale
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014 Fremont Lake on the road from Pinedale to Elkhart Park Trailhead
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016 Wind Rivers from the road to Elkhart Park Trailhead
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018 Elkhart Trail to Titcomb Basin on our first morning
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020 Mile 4 - Photographer's Point - the first real panaoramic of the Winds
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032 Cresting the ridge to Seneca Lake
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034 Mile 9 - Seneca Lake
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036 Seneca Lake
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038 Rock precariously left behind by melting glaciers
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040 Horses on the trail - we should have used these
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042 Casper the friendly cloud
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044 Our first glimps of the peaks of Titcomb Basin - Bonney Pass, our goal, is the vertical snow field (couloir) in the middle of the peaks
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054 Me above Island Lake
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056 Mile 13 - Island Lake with Titcomb Basin in background - Bonney Pass is the vertical snow field in the center
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058 Island Lake
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064 Chad making one of a dozen stream crossings
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066 Island Lake shoreline
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070 The peaks of Titcomb Basin coming in to view
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076 Entering Titcomb Basin
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080 Rock left behind by glacier
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088 Mile 18 - Titcomb Basin
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090 Chad in photo to give some perspective on the size of the area
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096 First good look at our goal, Bonney Pass, the snow shoot to the right (kinda intimidating)
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102 Chad with the peaks
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106 Middle Titcomb Lake - to give perspective, we're over two miles from the peaks - there's still another lake as big as this one to pass
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108 Mount Lester from Titcomb Basin
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110 Camp between Middle and Upper Titcomb Lakes
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112 Me at the tent after a long, long day
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113 Chad happy there are no mosquitoes
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114 Rock windscreen for our tent in the Wind Rivers (needless to say, it's always windy)
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118 Bonney Pass at sunset
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124 Scouting for a high camp above Upper Titcomb Lake
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130 Upper Titcomb Basin - Chad is the black and gray figure in middle right of picture
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132 Scouting the final approach to Bonney Pass
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134 Bonney Pass - A 2,000 ft, 30 - 40 degree snow couloir
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136 Looking back towards our camp with Mount Lester in the distance - At this point, the basin is pretty much snow or stream
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138 Afternoon clouds over Bonney Pass
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144 Sunrise on route to the top of Bonney Pass
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146 Peaks around the top of Bonney Pass
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148 Mile 20 - The top of Bonney Pass - 12,800 ft - Our high point of the trip
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150 Looking over the lip of the snow couloir
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152 Our first look at our original goal, Gannett Peak
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154 Gannett Peak - Wyoming's highet point at 13,804 ft
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156 Notice the snow trail starting on the left and following the ridge line
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158 It's an accomplishment just to see Gannett Peak - 20 miles of hiking and a snow climb with ice axe and crampons for our route
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160 Headed back down from Bonney Pass - Our high camp is at the closest lake 2,000 ft below
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162 Headed down the couloir - snow starting to fall
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164 The couloir - 30 - 40 degree snow for 2,000 ft
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168 The bottom part of the snow couloir
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170 The clouds that played into our decision to turn back
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172 Looking back up the snow couloir - clouds gone, beautiful sunny day
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182 Odd formations in the snow fields around upper Titcomb Basin
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184 Chad at the bottom of Bonney Pass
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188 Me at the bottom of Bonney Pass
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190 Me happy to have completed my first real crampon and ice axe climb (2,000 ft on 30 - 40 degree slope)
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192 Chad sinking in the melting snow
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196 Storm clouds brewing over Mount Lester
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198 Trying to beat the storm to camp - about a quarter mile to go
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200 The storm passed
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202 Two guys headed for the pass - gives you perspective on the size of the area
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204 Zoom in
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206 The guys starting up the couloir
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208 Zoom in
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210 Guys headed up the couloir
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214 Our nemesis, the marmot (tried to get our food constantly)
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216 I hate marmots but they are cute
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218 Packed and ready for the 18 mile hike out
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220 Why would anyone drag a saw up here to cut a rock in half
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222 If not for the snow, it would almost look tropical
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226 Saying goodbye to upper Titcomb Basin
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228 Rocks left behind by melting glaciers
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232 Can't stop looking back and taking pictures as we leave
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238 Mount Lester
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240 One swarm of the nearly 16 billion mosquitoes in the Wind Rivers
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242 Let's haphazardly lay rocks and boulders around
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250 Our last campsite at Island Lake
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256 Sunset at Island Lake
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258 Sunset at Island Lake
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260 Sunset at Island Lake
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262 Sunset at Island Lake
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264 Sunset at Island Lake
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266 Sunset at Island Lake
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268 Leaving Island Lake
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270 Leaving Island Lake
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272 Seneca Lake on a beautiful day
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276 Exhausting rugged terrain
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280 Saying goodbye to the Winds
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282 A Last look from Photographer's Point
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