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Entering the Goat Rocks Wilderness Area via the Lilly Basin Trailhead
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The Lilly Basin trail travels through thick forest initially.
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As the trail crests the ridge, meadows and views become more abundant.
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View of Packwood Lake with Mount Rainier above, shrouded in smoke.
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The Lilly Basin Trail nears Johnson Peak.
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Hikers make their way alongside the ridge of Lilly Basin Trail with Mount Rainier shrouded in smoke.
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The trail travels through the Johnson Peak cirque.
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Johnson Peak above with the cascading meadow and headwaters of the Glacier Creek below.
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View to the west from Lilly Basin.
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Crossing the scree field of the Johnson Peak cirque, above Lilly Basin, nearing the Angry Mountain Trail junction.
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View back to the north of Lilly Basin and meadows from the Angry Mountain Trail junction.
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The Angry Mountain/Lilly Basin Trail junction.
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Rounding the western spur of Johnson Peak with Hawkeye Point above on the right.
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Another expansive, cascading meadow in the cirque south of Johnson Peak.
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The aptly named Heart Lake sits at the base of this expansive meadow in the cirque south of Johnson Peak.
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The southern slope of Johnson Peak is covered in lush meadows.
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Sparse subalpine trees occupy the terrain as the trail climbs the southern Johnson Peak cirque.
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Crossing a scree field in the south Johnson Peak cirque, nearing the Hawkeye Point Trail junction and spur.
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View of Mount Rainier as smoke clears above Johnson Peak and the southern meadow cirque below.
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View of Mount Adams to the south of the spur trail to Hawkeye Point.
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Hikers descend the Hawkeye Point Trail to the saddle junction with the Lilly Basin Trail.
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The trail to Hawkeye Point.
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View to the south toward Mount Adams from Hawkeye Point (7,317 ft).
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View to the north toward Mount Rainier with Johnson Peak and the south cirque below from the summit of Hawkeye Point.
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Goat Lake as smoke bellows from the Miriam Fire (2018) in the distance.
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Close-up view of Mount Rainier with Goat Ridge in the foreground from the summit of Hawkeye Point.
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Spot the backcountry campsite with Johnson Peak above.
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View west from the cirque down the Johnson Creek Canyon.
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Ideal backcountry campsite in the south Johnson Peak cirque meadow below Hawkeye Point.
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Evening light on the cascading meadows of south Johnson Peak cirque.
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Light rays through the foothills west of the south Johnson Peak cirque.
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Evening light on Hawkeye Point spur above the south Johnson Peak cirque.
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Headwaters of Johnson Creek pour through the meadow alongside an ideal backcountry campsite.
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A fork of Johnson Creek pours downhill alongside an ideal backcountry campsite.
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A fork of Johnson Creek tumbles down a steep hillside through lush meadows at sunset.
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Lush wildflowers creekside in the south Johnson Peak cirque meadow.
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Clouds pour off Old Snowy Mountain and Ives Peak at sunrise as seen from Hawkeye Point.
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Clouds fill the meadows below Johnson Peak and Mount Rainier.
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Mount Adams sits above an inversion layer as it pours over Goat Ridge as seen from Hawkeye Point.
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An inversion layer rises below (from the left) Old Snowy Mountain, Ives Peak, and Mount Adams as seen from Hawkeye Point.
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A sea of clouds overtakes the prominent Goat Rocks peaks as seen from Hawkeye Point.
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Close-up of the alpenglow on Mount Adams above the clouds as seen from Hawkeye Point.
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Sunrise over an inversion layer on Hawkeye Point.
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Sunrise over an inversion layer on Hawkeye Point with Old Snowy Mountain and Ives Peak on the right.
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Long exposure revealing the spindrift over Goat Ridge with Mount Adams above.
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Long exposure gives the sweeping clouds over Johnson Peak a motion effect with Mount Rainier above.
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The sun has risen above an inversion layer on Hawkeye Point.
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Switchbacks south of the Hawkeye Point trail junction as the Lilly Basin Trail nears the Goat Ridge Trail junction.
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Hikers and horseback riders converge at the Lilly Basin/Goat Ridge Trail junction.
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The trail continues northeast after rounding the Hawkeye Point spur toward Goat Lake.
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View of Goat Creek canyon below the Lilly Basin Trail as it nears Goat Lake.
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A hiker takes in the view of Goat Lake.
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Ideal perched campsite overlooking the Goat Creek canyon with Old Snowy Mountain above and to the left and hikers below along the Lilly Basin Trail.
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Looking back at the Goat Lake basin as the Lilly Basin Trail continues south toward Snowgrass Flat.
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View of Snowgrass Flat from an ideal campsite along the PCT on the ridge above.
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Alpenglow on Mount Adams above a sweeping meadow along the PCT.
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Inversion layer to the west of Ives Peak.
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Ideal campsite in a meadow above Snowgrass Flat along the PCT with Mountt Adams above.
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Campsite with a view of Mount Adams along the PCT above Snowgrass Flat.
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Spacious campsite near the Snowgrass Creek spring off the PCT.
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Mount Adams above the Snowgrass Creek spring from a campsite along the PCT.
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Inversion layer along Goat Ridge with Mount St. Helens above.
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The PCT descends south toward Mount Adams.
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Mount Adams and Mount Saint Helens above the clouds from the PCT en route to Old Snowy Mountain.
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Hikers making their way along the PCT to the summit of Old Snowy Mountain (above).
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Mount Adams above the PCT.
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Mount Rainier above the Packwood Glacier ridge where the PCT meets the Old Snowy Mountain climber's trail.
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Mount St. Helens above a snowfield on the western slopes of Old Snowy Mountain.
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Hikers traverse a snowfield on the western slopes of Old Snowy Mountain with Mount St. Helens above.
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The PCT meets the climber's trail (and PCT alternate) to the summit of Old Snowy Mountain.
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The Goat Lake basin becomes visible from the climber's trail to Old Snowy Mountain.
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The sparse Packwood Glacier on the northern slope of Old Snowy Mountain with smoke from the Miriam Fire (2018) settling in the distant foothills as the PCT continues north.
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Hikers make their way up the climber's trail to the summit of Old Snowy Mountain with Mount Adams on the right.
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The knife edge trail of the PCT alternate heading north from the Old Snowy Mountain climber's trail junction with Mount Rainier above.
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Spot the hikers making their way up Old Snowy Mountain.
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Mount Saint Helens above the clouds from the western slopes of Old Snowy Mountain.
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View to the south from the summit of Old Snowy Mountain toward Ives Peak and Mount Adams on the right.
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View to the north from the summit of Old Snowy with Mount Rainier occupying the background.
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View to the west toward Mount St. Helens from the summit of Old Snowy Mountain.
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View to the east from the summit it of Old Snowy Mountain with Gilbert Peak (8,184 ft) on the right - the highest peak in the Goat Rocks wilderness.
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Indian paintbrush along the PCT with Mount St. Helens in the background.
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Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens on the horizon above the PCT on descent from Old Snowy Mountain.
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An ideal campsite with a view along the PCT with Mount Adams in the background.
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The PCT below Ives Peak.
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A typical campsite along the PCT above the Snowgrass Flat trail junction.
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Large cairn where the PCT meets the Snowgrass Flat Trail junction.
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Ives Peak and Old Snowy Mountain above the Snowgrass Creek spring.
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Entering the Cispus Basin from the north along the PCT.
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Headwaters of the Cispus River tumble down the basin of the same name.
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The PCT travels through meadows in Cispus Basin.
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Headwaters of the Cispus River pour through a lush, cascading, wildflower-filled meadow with a rampart cliff above.
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View to the west toward a creek in the Cispus Basin meadow with a marvelous campsite on the left.
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Darkness falls on the PCT and the Cispus Basin wildflower meadow with Mount St. Helens far on the horizon.
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The PCT ascends to the south out of Cispus Basin.
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Ives Peak above the PCT as it ascends south toward Cispus Pass.
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The PCT at Cispus Pass with Ives Peak in the background.
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View to the southeast of Cispus Pass down the Klickitat River Canyon on a smokey morning.
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The rampart cliff above Cispus Pass on a smoke-filled morning.
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Alpenglow on Ives Peak above Cispus Basin as seen from the Cispus Pass area.
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Dogs are welcome in the Goat Rocks Wilderness.
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Looking back on the PCT as it descends south from Cispus Pass below a rampart cliff north of Gilbert Peak.
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The PCT descends south out of the Goat Rocks alpine over a saddle.
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The PCT forms a border between the USFS Goat Rocks Wilderness and the Yakima Reservation.
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Looking back north on the PCT as it descends a spur out of the Goat Rocks alpine toward Sheep Lake.
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The PCT as it descends a spur out of the alpine Goat Rocks toward Sheep Lake.
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The PCT delves back into thick forest as it heads south toward the Nannie Ridge Trail junction.
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Sheep Lake offers several backcountry sites and is also the site of the PCT/Nannie Ridge trails junction.
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The Nannie Ridge Trail climbs southwest above the Sheep Lake saddle, affording final views of the southern Goat Rocks peaks.
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View to the south from Nannie Ridge of the smoke-filled foothills.
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The Nannie Ridge Trail.
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An unnamed snow-melt tarn on Nannie Ridge.
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A hiker descends into old-growth forest as the Nannie Ridge Trail nears Walupt Lake.
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The Walupt Lake Trailhead.