crashsite.
wingbox scavenged bones. Removed souvenirs become curio garbage as soon as they leave the context of this site, meaningless bits of twisted aluminum or chunks of rubber waiting to be thrown away by the children or grand children of the takers who have no connection to the history.
the saddle in the distance.
Tull City remains (campers haven't quite burned it all yet...)
house size boulder further up the canyon
Mt Worthington's(?) east face
snow moat
into Ian's mine (in honor of IanB's excellent info on this area of the Buckhorn)
this particular adit does not venture too far back
looking out of the mine
between a rock and a hardplace
continuing up the canyon (a previous visitors tracks followed the way trail pretty closely, mostly...)
Hawk Peak ridge
hawk peak summit in sight!
Looking down on upper Silver Lake
all frozen over
my new pack at the new summit cairn (no, I don't build cairns)
contrasting yellow against the brown and green
contemplating options to get down to the lake
others had contemplated too
looking down the bowl
looking back up the ridge once more
final snow chute down to the lake
bootshot on the diving rock
stupid tree vandals
bye bye Silver Lake!
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looking west across the valley from the Townsend-Silver Lake trail
these things smell so good
check out that radiant orange and green combination!
looking towards Welch Peaks (too cloudy this evening so I didn't attempt it)
Townsend Creek drainage
Sink Lake below
Hi!
Mt Townsend summit in sight
so very green this time of year!
Blue sky again!
one of the few clear views from Mt Townsend that I was able to catch
Mt Zion
good bye Mt T.
my favorite open pine tree grove on Mt Townsend.
looking north down towards FSR 2860
Sleepy Hollow drainage (the Gold Creek-Sleepy Hollow trail passes through here along an old FSR)
looking south back towards Mt T, the Little River trail passes below the rock band.
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looking back up the drainage from the Dirty Face Ridge trail
Rabbit along the Dirty Face Ridge trail
Deer back at the TH
Looking back up the two drainages from 3 O'clock ridge
This is one of my favorite loops to hike.