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Kiosk at the Iron Creek Trailhead.
Iron Creek blur.
Trail sign at the Alpine Way/Iron Creek junction.
Looking onto Redfish Lake from the Alpine Way/Grand Mogul trail up Iron Creek from the Alpine Way/Sawtooth Lake junction.
Iron Creek slips beneath an unnamed granite wall.
An open meadow offers some great views just beyond the Marshall Lake/Alpine Way junction.
Arrowleaf balsamroot offers an early summer highlight just beyond the Alpine Lake junction.
The Alpine way trail climbs through Douglas fir beyond the junction with the Alpine Lake Trail.
Looking back at Peak 9445 from the Alpine Way Trail.
Granite cliffs above the Alpine Way Trail.
An unknown flower growing among granite pebbles.
Looking up the east face of Mystery Mountain from a rare opening along the Alpine Way Trail.
Looking back at the Alpine Lake spires from the Alpine Way Trail.
Nuttal's Linanthus (Linanthus nuttallii).
Small waterfall/stream crossing along the Alpine Way Trail.
Granite faces on the east face of Mystery Mountain.
Looking up the northeast face of Mystery Mountain from the Alpine Way Trail.
The north side of Mystery Mountain.
Unidentified mushroom growing on a Douglas fir tree.
The crossing of Stanley Lake Creek can prove wet during the spring runoff.
Wilderness permit box at the Alpine Way/Stanley Lake Trail junction.
Trail sign at the Stanley Lake Creek/Alpine Way junction.
Trail sign at the Stanley Lake Creek/Alpine Way junction.
The view of Point 9118 from the meadows along Stanley Lake Creek.
Trail sign at the Stanley Lake trailhead near the Stanley Lake Campground.
McGown Peak (right) and Mystery Mountain (left) near the Stanley Lake trailhead.
Mystery Mountain and McGown Peak from the wildflower meadows about 1 mile from the trailhead.
An new, elevated trail crosses a meadow on the new Stanley Lake Trailhead connector.
Trail sign at the Elk Mountain/Stanley Lake Trail junction.
Stanley Lake/Elk Mountain Trailhead kiosk.
Stanley Lake/Elk Mountain Trailhead