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1. Looking back over Bear Lake toward Longs Peak.

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2. Approaching Notchtop Mountain.

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3. A closer view of Notchtop Mountain with a waterfall below.

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4. Crags over Odessa Lake.

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5. A couple hikers on the trail rounding Joe Mills Mountain.

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6. Scarlet Paintbrush.

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7. A closer look at the crags over Odessa Lake.

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8. Fern Creek near where it drains out of Odessa Lake.

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9. Odessa Lake with the cirque below Ptarmigan Point behind.

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10. A telephoto view of the cirque in the previous photo.

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11. An even tighter telephoto view of the cirque of the previous photo highlighting a waterfall below the snow fields.

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12. Looking back toward Joe Mills Mountain.

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13. Heartleaf Arnica.

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14. Chiming Bells.

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15. Fern Creek between Odessa Lake and Fern Lake.

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16. A hiker coming down the trail near Fern Lake.

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17. I talked with the gentleman a few moments and then we took each other's photos.

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18. Fern Lake.

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19. Fern Falls.

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20. A tighter shot of Fern Falls.

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21. The Pool.

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22. The trail below The Pool.

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23. Ferns along the trail.

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24. Narrowleaf Paintbrush.

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25. Alpine Daisy.