Aneroid Mountain (Wallowa Mountains) - 8.22.2008
Shortly after getting off of the Wallowa Lake Tramway at the top of Mt. Howard, we will head towards East Peak in the center of this photo.
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Chief Joseph Mtn from the trail leading to East Peak, Hidden Peak, and Aneroid Mtn.
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Denali Girl on the trail to Aneroid Mtn... the false summit of East Peak is in the distance.
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We are heading for the saddle between Hidden Peak on the left and East Peak (not shown).
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At the saddle between East and Hidden peaks we look across Bonneville Mtn to the white limestone of the Matterhorn.
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From the saddle between East and Hidden Peaks we look down on Aneroid Lake... Petes Point is above the lake on the left... Glacier Peak and Eagle Cap Mtn are in the distance.
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From the East/Hidden saddle we will traverse on the right side of Hidden Peak over to the saddle between Hidden Peak and Aneroid Mtn.
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Traversing underneath Hidden Peak on its west side.
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There are no more ups and downs left to reach the Aneroid Mtn summit... just up!
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Looking back on East Peak (left) and Hidden Peak from the Aneroid Mtn summit (9702')... the ninth highest peak in Oregon.
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Looking southwest to Petes Point from the Aneroid Mtn summit... Glacier Peak is in the distance on the left.
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A closeup of Dollar Lake from the Aneroid Mtn summit.
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A closeup of Aneroid Lake (top) and Roger Lake from the Aneroid Mtn summit.
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Looking northeast to McCully Basin from the Aneroid Mtn summit.
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Looking southeast to Bonny Lakes in the Middle Fork Big Sheep Creek drainage.
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From the Aneroid Mtn summit we are looking northwest across Bonneville Mtn to the very colorful Chief Joseph Mtn.
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Denali Girl and I met this extremely nice couple on the Aneroid Mtn summit... kind of reminded us of us when we were much younger.
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Denali Girl signs the Aneroid Mtn summit register... East Peak and Hidden Peak in the distance.
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Denali Girl coming down from Aneroid Mtn... as we retrace our steps back to the Wallowa Lake Tramway.
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One last photo of East Peak and Hidden Peak as we head for the Tram... no more photos as we have to get back to the Tram by 4:45 pm or we get to spend the night on top of Mt. Howard.
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