July 22, 2013: Snow Lake & Gem Lake (Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington)

This hike starts at Snoqualmie Pass, just off I-90 about fifty miles east of Seattle. Here's a map.
misty hillside
bead lilies
bead lilies
fleabane
tall bluebells
wild rose
penstemon
bumblebee on bleeding hearts
Bryant Peak, through the fog
pearly everlasting
striped coral-root orchid
Bryant Peak & cliffs above Source Lake
clouds in the South Snoqualmie Valley
Columbia tiger lily
rusty saxifrage
pink mountain heather
sunbeams through fog
white mountain heather
pika
Snow Lake & fog
black huckleberry flower
Chair Peak
marsh-marigold
unusually short beargrass
pink mountain heather
Snow Lake & fog
pink mountain heather
lingering snow
Chair Peak & fog
fool's huckleberry
Wright Mountain & Gem Lake
very clear water
Kaleetan Peak & Gem Lake
Kaleetan Peak, Mt. Roosevelt, & Gem Lake
mountains to the east
pink mountain heather & Garfield Mountain
Chair Peak, Gem Lake, & Snow Lake
view to the north toward Glacier Peak
Caroline Peak & Preacher Mountain
Kaleetan Peak
Sitka mountain-ash, budding
pink mountain heather
Kaleetan Peak & Gem Lake
white mountain heather
huckleberry flowers
dwarf bramble
Snow Lake & surrounding peaks
waterfalls & icebergs
edge of Snow Lake
pink mountain heather & blue-green water
Chair Peak & Snow Lake
shoreline of Snow Lake
five-leaf bramble
bead lilies
roadside grass fire

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