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JMT 2005
Day 1: Lamarck Col
Day 2: Evolution Basin
Day 3: Mather Pass
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On Day 1, we traveled approximately 10 miles from North Lake TH, over Lamarck Col, past the Darwin Lakes, to our campsite on Evolution Lake. The climb to Lamarck Col was strenuous, gaining 3500 feet in about 4 miles, but a well-beaten use trail made the travel quite easy for the most part. The descent into Darwin Canyon was much more tedious. We spent hours threading our way up and over large boulders on the shores of the five lakes in Darwin Canyon. The lowest of these (Lake 11592') surprisingly holds a nice population of large trout; I wish I'd have camped here!

I caught a few small (6-8") Golden Trout in Evolution Lake, which we ate, or attempted to eat, after frying in my new skillet. The skillet was the continual 2-pound reminder on my back of my inability to cook fish in the backcountry. I had trouble sleeping, mostly due to being totally worked by the previous day's hard travel.

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Kimberly and Robert on the tra...
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Meadow somewhere on the way to...
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Kim on the trail, not far from...
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From below, the route toward L...
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Kim climbing on the use trail ...
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Piute Crags and Upper Lamarck ...
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Kimberly and Robert at the day...
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Around 12,000' elevation, the ...
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Kimberly threading her way thr...
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Around 12,000' elevation, the ...
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Lamarck Col is the notch with ...
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Kimberly climbing past the sma...
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Panoramic view of Mounts Darwi...
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Group photo somewhere in Darwi...
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If you look closely, you can s...



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