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Easy, rolling trail to Barclay Lake.
Well-travelled wooden planks across a marshy area.
Barclay Lake.
The not-so-obvious turn-off to Eagle Lake from Barclay Lake.
The trail to Eagle Lake is very steep, with much hand-over-hand root scrambling.
Moss and mountain heather cover rocks.
The trail to Eagle Lake meanders across the ridge.
The trail can be hard to find at times.
The route moves over a talus slope.
Look for the cairns to find the way up the rocks.
Thimbleberries along the way.
Stone Lake.
Valerian flowers.
Paradise Meadow.
Merchant Peak over Paradise Meadow.
Lustrous copper (Lycaena cupreus) butterflies.
Arrowleaf balsamroot flowers.
Eagle Lake and Merchant Peak.
Cabin at Eagle Lake.