And another day, we took the boat across Jenny Lake and hiked up old friend Cascade Canyon...
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Our boat, the Beaver Dick Leigh (named for trapper/mountain
man Dick Leigh, who guided the the 1892 Hayden Expedition;
Jenny Lake is named for his wife |
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Cascade Canyon divides some of the principal peaks and
massifs of this tiny range; here, Storm Point, Ice Point, and
Symmetry Spire, on the north side |
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And here, on the left, the Grand, and Mt. Owen |
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At the head of the canyon, Rock of Ages (cleft for me); check
out the ridge, about 2/3's to the left, for the arch/window; at
this point, reports were coming back of a bull moose on the
trail; all the hikers with their assault cameras hastened on
to get photos; we have seen enough of these animals, close
enough, and so we turned back... |
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North side of the canyon, the south side of Hanging Canyon,
and many pinnacles |
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Back side of Teewinot summit and Crooked Thumb |
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Large animal scat |
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Looking up Valhalla Canyon, surrounded by
the Grand, Teewinot, and Mt. Owen;
waterfalls, "perennial" snowfields... |
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Up closer |
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Us, in Cascade Canyon, taken by a nice couple from Red
Lodge, who've been doing the Tetons even longer than we
have |
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Sunday morning we awoke to squalls and decided to head on
north through Yellowstone to Montana; more squalls at Old
Faithful and a monumental traffic jam en route to Norris
shortened our Yellowstone visit to a drive-through from West
Yellowstone down the Gallatin; and we finally arrived in the
Bozone in mid-afternoon; back, finally, in Montana! |
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