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Pacific Crest Trail, Washington Section J

Tall tree with only one green branch on cliff. Ridge above treeline in background
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I didn't do the whole Section J, nor (and this is one of my biggest regrets) the Goldmayer Hot Springs alternate. I just did ~45 miles from Snoqualmie Pass to the Cathedral Pass Trail and four miles along that trail to a road near the Cle Elum River.

Rocks and thin trees with downward angled branches
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Sign: "Alpine Lakes Wilderness"
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Path above treeline
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Conifers with an even slightly rightward slant. Clouds overlay mountains in background
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View of steep valley. Rocks with cubic cleavage in foreground
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Alpine lake
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Alpine lake
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Near shore of pond. Yellow- and red-leafed shrubs in foreground
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