Our destination today was Fairchild. We set off in the dark at 3:30 so that we would have plenty of time to reach the summit 9 miles ahead of us. After a brisk 6 miles, we had breakfast at Lawn Lake as the sun was rising. A little further up the trail, we looked across at our destination. Lots of tundra and rocks between us and the summit still to go.
The view from the summit is another beautiful one. This is looking over at Mt Ypsilon. Not sure if it's the angle or the fact that it is so late in the summer that the Y is not very visible.
We headed back down on the side overlooking Crystal Lakes and looking back toward our breakfast spot on Lawn Lake.
Crystal Lakes are more stunning from above than they are up close.
Instead of trudging out 6 miles on trail from Lawn Lake, Hikemaster Tom treated us to the most amazing bushwhack down the Roaring River. The collapse of the dam at Lawn Lake in 1982 resulted in a horrific flood which scoured out the streambed down to the bedrock. Waterfall after nameless waterfall tumble down the slabs, each one more beautiful than the last.
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