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Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
09/12/2021
Trailhead for East Saint Mary is unmarked by a campsite.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
09/12/2021
Hiking up the lower trail.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
09/12/2021
Climbing up the steep trail.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
09/12/2021
Saint Marys Lake far below.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
09/12/2021
Trail begins to climb above treeline.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
09/12/2021
First big views of East Saint Mary (right) and West Saint Mary (left).
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
09/12/2021
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
09/12/2021
No Fish Lake and Grey Wolf Peak.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
09/12/2021
Terrain getting rockier.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
09/12/2021
Climbing up the last few hundred feet to the summit.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
09/12/2021
Most scrambling on the whole trail.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
09/12/2021
Hiking across the East Saint Mary summit.
Richard Forbes
Photo Date:
09/12/2021
Looking back down the East Saint Mary ridge.