Eagle Cap Mountain (Wallowa Mountains) - 8.16.2008
Map showing general route from the Eagle Cap Mtn summit to Glacier Lake.
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Day hiking from Mirror Lake we pass by Upper Lake on the trail to Horton Pass.
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The west side of Eagle Cap Mtn... the trail will switchback to the summit at 9572'.
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Looking southwest to Hidden Lake from the Eagle Cap summit.
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Glacier Peak from the Eagle Cap summit.
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Looking west to Blue Lake from the Eagle Cap summit.
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Glacier Lake from the Eagle Cap summit.
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From the Eagle Cap summit we see the Hurricane Divide on the left and the Matterhorn on the right... Mirror Lake and Moccasin Lake are below.
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From the low point on the ridge between Eagle Cap Mtn and Glacier Peak, we lose 200 feet of elevation on this snowfield.
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We've reached the bench at ~9000' that runs from the southeast side of Eagle Cap to the northeast side of Eagle Cap.
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The bench at 9000' is very wide.
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The east side of Eagle Cap... taken from the 9000' bench.
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Glacier Lake from the 9000' bench.
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Eagle Cap Mtn from the end of the 9000' bench northeast of Eagle Cap.
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Mirror Lake and tarns from the 9000' bench... the East Lostine River Valley is on the right beyond Mirror Lake.
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The Matterhorn and the Hurwal Divide from the 9000' bench.
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A pano shot of Glacier Lake as we turn east towards Glacier Pass.
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Just before we reach Glacier Pass we drop to Glacier Lake (8166').
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Eagle Cap Mtn from Glacier Lake.
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Glacier Peak from Glacier Lake.
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Glacier Pass from Glacier Lake.
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The Hurricane Divide from Glacier Pass.
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Mirror Lake on the way down from Glacier Pass.
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Back to our camp at Mirror Lake... our day hike was ~9 miles roundtrip, gaining ~2500 feet of elevation.
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Moccasin Lake at dusk... the next morning we will hike the 7.5 miles back to the Two Pan Trailhead in the rain.
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