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The descent towards Lake City from the top

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awesome views abound in all directions. It's tough to keep yer eyes on the road

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We took a right at the American Basin cutoff and headed up the valley to the trailhead.

While the rest of the group decided to head on into lake city for lunch, my buddy and I decided that a hike was in order. Such activities (backpacking/hiking) are what we usually do when we get together....so hopefully nobody in the group thought we were ditching them/etc...

After we ate a quick bite, filled the water bottles, and grabbed a few necessities....we hit the trail...

It wasn't all that steep...but the altitude sure let us know of it's presence. huff...puff...gasp....

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Our goal was to head to the top of the ridge/peak... but the weather was "iffy" so we set a more reasonaable goal of Sloan's Lake..perched at the foot of the escarpment above

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As we rose in altutude the temps cooled and the sunshine was replaced with wind, rain, and a bit of frozen precip...but after about 2 hours we finally found Sloan's Lake hidden at the foot of the peaks

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We ran into these shady lookin' guys at the lake...

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Hey guys...remember driving by the cabin 'down' there?

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headin' back to the truck

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Lookin back up American Basin from the Cinnamon Pass road near the "cabin"

Sloan's Lake is located near the top...smack dab up against the peaks

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Crap...I need more coffee...