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Most of the larches in the upper valley under Pharaoh Peaks were cooperative with the fall theme, unlike their lower elevation cousins.Hiking in paradise.Crossing the river at valley bottom.Sugarloaf from the trail.Views over the Healy Meadows to The Monarch.Pharaoh Lake.More of the approach trail.Approaching Pharaoh Creek with Greater Pharaoh directly above and Lesser at distant right.In order to climb the headwall, the trail does some interesting twists and turns.Greater and Middle Pharaoh Peaks rise dramatically over their namesake lake. Peaks such as Pilot, Brett, Black Brett and Bourgeau at distant left and center.Find Phil in the boulders.Looking back along Great Pharaoh's easy lower south slopes at left. Lots of larchy goodness up here!Heavy frost in the valley with Sugarloaf at left.Heavy frost along the Healy Creek Trail.The most larchy goodness we had all day was in the hanging valley between Greater Pharaoh and Haiduk Peak.Golden, Naswald and Citadel peaks.Mount Bourgeau looks great with some fresh snow. Mount Peechee rises dramatically in the far distance.Starting the long descent to the Egypt Lakes area on the west side of Healy Pass. Sugarloaf at foreground left of center and Greater Pharaoh at foreground right.Phil was enthralled with the purple rocks here. It was sort of weird but I let him go through that experience.Black Rock Lake with Lesser Pharaoh Peak looming over it.
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