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Glacial Runoff Waters of Diablo Lake
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The Descent of Jupiter
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Trailing Above North Cascades National Park in a Meteor Shower
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View of Cascades Moutains
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Beaver Creek campsite
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Big Beaver Creek
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View From Ross Lake Reservoir
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View From Ross Lake Reservoir
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Our first views of Jack on day 2
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View From Ross Lake Reservoir
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3783 Zoomed-in view of Slate Peak (far left) from the Devils Dome Trail northeast of Devils Pass
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3773 View of the north face of Peak 7270 from the Devils Dome Trail northeast of Devils Pass
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mountain views
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3852 Zoomed-in view of the northeast face of Crater Mountain from the Jackita Ridge Trail near Devils Pass
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Views started to open up after we left the summit
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last view of ross lake and nohokameen
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Partly Cloudy
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View of Ross Lake
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The boy and the lake
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Nice view of Crater Mtn
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McMillan Creek