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Salmon La Sac Forest Service Station.
Following the signs to the summer trailhead.
Continuing up the service road.
Cooper River summer trailhead.
Cooper River.
An early portion of the Cooper River Trail.
Red Mountain (5,722').
Spotting an elk through the brush.
Fir forest near the riverbank.
Cooper Lake outlet from the bridge.
Looking down the river from the bridge.
Cooper Lake from the north shore.
Summer cabins on the lake.
Forest Road 4616 along the Cooper River Trail.
Old cedars (Thuja plicata).
Cooper River.
Trail through a small gulch.
Wood-pecked fir bark.
Looking down the Cle Elum River from the bridge crossing.
Views up the Cle Elum River from the bridge.