Fortune Peak - 10.26.2008

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rodman's 2005 GPS route for Fortune Peak... the same route we took on 10.26.2008... 7.75 miles roundtrip, gaining 3129 feet of elevation.
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Take the Esmerelda Basin Trail #1394 for ~2 miles to this trail junction... then the County Line Trail #1226.2 for ~1 mile to the Lake Ann overlook.
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Fortune Peak from the basin leading to the Lake Ann overlook.
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Denali Girl on the west ridge of Fortune Peak... Middle Fork Snoqualmie peaks and Dutch Miller peaks are in the distance.
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Lake Ann from the west ridge of Fortune Peak.
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South Ingalls Peak from the west ridge of Fortune Peak.
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Denali Girl is on the west ridge of Fortune Peak... almost to the summit... looking across Esmerelda Pass to Hawkins Mtn.
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Ingalls Lake, Headlight Basin, and Mt. Stuart from the Fortune Peak summit (7382').
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So many peaks and so little time... the foreground peaks are Scatter Peaks, The Cradle, Solomon Mtn and Harding Mtn.
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Looking west to Four Brothers, Mt. Thomson, Chikamin Peak, Lemah Mtn, Chimney Rock, Overcoat Peak, Summit Chief Mtn and Bears Breast Mtn from Fortune Peak.
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A closeup of Ingalls Lake.
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Denali Girl on the east ridge of Fortune Peak... heading towards Ingalls Pass.
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Denali Girl on the ridge connecting Fortune Peak and Ingalls Pass... Fortune Peak in the distance.
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Larch trees.
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Fortune Peak... taken near the trail junction for Longs Pass... we have almost completed the loop portion of our hike.