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Kiosk at the Iron Creek Trailhead.
Iron Creek blur.
The wilderness boundary is about a mile from the Iron Creek Trailhead.
Junction sign at the Alpine Way/Sawtooth Lake junction.
Iron Creek at the Alpine Way and Sawtooth Lake junction.
The trail leaves Iron Creek and climbs onto a glacial moraine between Iron and Goat Creeks.
Views of Peak 10,084 (middle) from the unofficial trail to Goat Lake.
Hikers can scramble to a granite overlook in order to get a view of the Goat Creek Falls.
Goat Creek Lake on July 2. Thompson Peak stands in the notch center left of the photo.
Enjoying a snowfield above Goat Lake. The town of Stanley can be seen in the valley far below.
Frozen surface of Goat Lake in early July.
Photo Date:
09/05/2005
Another view of a snow free Goat Lake in September.
The granite wall above Goat Lake may hold some technical rock climbs.