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Home / 2014-08-Rubies 91
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Campsite at Illipah Creek Reservoir on our way to Ruby Mountains. - 050814223858P8052381
Enjoying a beer before four days of backpacking in the Ruby Mountains at our campsite at Illipah Creek Reservoir. - 050814223937P8052382
Sunset at our campsite at Illipah Creek Reservoir on our way to Ruby Mountains. - 060814130713P8062384
Getting ready for four days of backpacking in the Ruby Mountains (Bill Homan's Lakes Loop Hike). - 060814143119IMG 20140806 113119
Island lake on the way to the pass to Thomas Canyon. - 060814143125IMG 20140806 113125
Looking towards the pass to Thomas Canyon. - 060814145608IMG 20140806 115608
Maria at the start of the first of many boulder fields (above Island Lake on the way to the first of many passes). - 060814153754IMG 20140806 123754
Maria after making it across her first boulder field (above Island Lake). - 060814160911P8062388
Jimmy heading down the chute to get into Thomas Canyon (Mount Fitzgerald in the background). - 060814161008IMG 20140806 131008
Entering into Thomas Canyon from the pass above Island Lake (Mount Fitzgerald in the background). - 060814181150IMG 20140806 151148
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Closeup of the two chutes. We descended the one on the left (where the V in the rocks appears) when the easier chute is the one on the right. The first of the few wrong turns we made. - 060814183045P8062394
Another picture of the two chutes for descending from the pass above Island Lake. The two chutes are visible in the center of the photo. Once out of the chute, we traversed to the left to avoid the cliffs and then cut back right to make it to the back of Thomas Canyon. - 060814212624P8062395
Our first campsite at the back of Thomas Canyon near the Beaver Dam. A hailstorm hit right after cooking dinner. Wind gusts were strong enough to bend tent poles. - 060814212643P8062396
Our first campsite at the back of Thomas Canyon near the Beaver Dam. A hailstorm hit right after cooking dinner. Wind gusts were strong enough to bend tent poles. - 060814212656P8062397
Ice clumps from the hail. Our first campsite at the back of Thomas Canyon near the Beaver Dam. A hailstorm hit right after cooking dinner. Wind gusts were strong enough to bend tent poles. - 070814142234P8072400
Climbing out of Thomas Canyon with pass above Island Lake on the left of the photo and Snow Lake Peak on the right. - 070814142722P8072401
Almost out of Thomas Canyon (Mount Fitzgerald in the background). - 070814151054IMG 20140807 121054
Refueling after the second pass of the trip, another boulder field, and some more great views (with Snow Lake Peak in the background). - 070814153121P8072404
Ruby Mountain Pika on the way out of Thomas Canyon. - 070814154052P8072405
Looking down Right Fork Canyon from the pass between Right Fork and Thomas Canyons. - 070814154056P8072406
Crossing the back of Right Fork Canyon on our way to Echo Lake. We dropped down to avoid most of the boulder fields. - 070814154117P8072407
Looking down Right Fork Canyon from just below the pass from Thomas Canyon. - 070814161343P8072412
Still smiling after two passes and a bunch of boulders (on our way to Echo Lake in Right Fork Canyon). Looking back towards the pass between Thomas and Right Fork Canyons (Mount Fitzgerald to the right). - 070814164906P8072414
Snow!! Almost out of Right Fork Canyon. - 070814165513P8072417
Snow!! Almost out of Right Fork Canyon. - 070814171418P8072423
Maria resting at the pass heading out of the back of Right Fork Canyon. Above the no-name lake. - 070814171750PANO 20140807 141750
Looking towards Box Canyon. Taken from the pass leaving Right Fork Canyon. We head towards Echo Lake from this pass, more or less maintaining the same elevation we head just below the smaller cliff below the large cliff on the right side of the photo. - 070814185502P8072425
A weeping rock just below the saddle that leads to Echo Lake. - 070814185808P8072427
Fox near the saddle to Echo Lake. The fox is looking towards the camera in the lower right quadrant of the photo.