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Hike in the Clearwater Mountains in the Alaska Range (Day 1 of 4)



By Troutnut on July 6th, 2013
My wife and I took the July 4th weekend to do a 19-mile hike through some pretty, remote country off the Denali Highway in the Alaska Range. Except for the last few hundred yards, the only trails were the ones left by caribou and moose.

Photos by Troutnut from Clearwater Mountains and Clearwater Creek in Alaska

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Beautiful mountain valley where I got my caribou last year. From Clearwater Mountains in Alaska.
Beautiful mountain valley where I got my caribou last year.
StateAlaska
LocationClearwater Mountains
Date TakenJul 6, 2013
Date AddedJul 14, 2013
AuthorTroutnut
CameraNikon Coolpix P7700
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Wild geranium. I'm not sure how to tell which species this is within the genus Geranium, but Geranium erianthum is common in Alaska, so that may be it. From Clearwater Mountains in Alaska.
Wild geranium. I'm not sure how to tell which species this is within the genus Geranium, but Geranium erianthum is common in Alaska, so that may be it.
StateAlaska
LocationClearwater Mountains
Date TakenJul 6, 2013
Date AddedJul 14, 2013
AuthorTroutnut
CameraNikon Coolpix P7700
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Clearwater Creek meanders in the distance. From Clearwater Creek in Alaska.
Clearwater Creek meanders in the distance.
StateAlaska
LocationClearwater Creek
Date TakenJul 6, 2013
Date AddedJul 14, 2013
AuthorTroutnut
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Looking up toward the pass we had to go through to start our second day hiking. From Clearwater Mountains in Alaska.
Looking up toward the pass we had to go through to start our second day hiking.
StateAlaska
LocationClearwater Mountains
Date TakenJul 6, 2013
Date AddedJul 14, 2013
AuthorTroutnut
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Jacob's ladder (Polemonium). A few different purple species of the genus Polemonium are found in Alaska, and I'm not sure which one this is. From Clearwater Mountains in Alaska.
Jacob's ladder (Polemonium). A few different purple species of the genus Polemonium are found in Alaska, and I'm not sure which one this is.
StateAlaska
LocationClearwater Mountains
Date TakenJul 6, 2013
Date AddedJul 14, 2013
AuthorTroutnut
CameraNikon Coolpix P7700
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Carrying a heavy load. From Clearwater Mountains in Alaska.
Carrying a heavy load.
StateAlaska
LocationClearwater Mountains
Date TakenJul 6, 2013
Date AddedJul 14, 2013
AuthorTroutnut
CameraCanon PowerShot D10
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Rhodiola integrifolia (King's Crown) From Clearwater Mountains in Alaska.
Rhodiola integrifolia (King's Crown)
StateAlaska
LocationClearwater Mountains
Date TakenJul 6, 2013
Date AddedJul 14, 2013
AuthorTroutnut
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Some species of the genus Spiraea, I'm not sure which. From Clearwater Mountains in Alaska.
Some species of the genus Spiraea, I'm not sure which.
StateAlaska
LocationClearwater Mountains
Date TakenJul 6, 2013
Date AddedJul 14, 2013
AuthorTroutnut
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Panoramic view of the mile-wide shoulder of a tundra ridge with a little valley in the middle. From Clearwater Mountains in Alaska.
Panoramic view of the mile-wide shoulder of a tundra ridge with a little valley in the middle.
StateAlaska
LocationClearwater Mountains
Date TakenJul 6, 2013
Date AddedJul 14, 2013
AuthorTroutnut
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Upper Clearwater Creek valley From Clearwater Mountains in Alaska.
Upper Clearwater Creek valley
StateAlaska
LocationClearwater Mountains
Date TakenJul 6, 2013
Date AddedJul 14, 2013
AuthorTroutnut
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My wife bushwhacks through some dwarf birch on our way up into the mountains. There's no trail. From Clearwater Mountains in Alaska.
My wife bushwhacks through some dwarf birch on our way up into the mountains. There's no trail.
StateAlaska
LocationClearwater Mountains
Date TakenJul 6, 2013
Date AddedJul 14, 2013
AuthorTroutnut
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Whorled lousewort (Pedicularis verticillata). This might also belong to other Pedicularis species, including sudetica and langsdorfii... I'm just guessing. From Clearwater Mountains in Alaska.
Whorled lousewort (Pedicularis verticillata). This might also belong to other Pedicularis species, including sudetica and langsdorfii... I'm just guessing.
StateAlaska
LocationClearwater Mountains
Date TakenJul 6, 2013
Date AddedJul 14, 2013
AuthorTroutnut
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Kamchatka lily (Fritillaria camschatcensis), also known as the chocolate lily. From Clearwater Mountains in Alaska.
Kamchatka lily (Fritillaria camschatcensis), also known as the chocolate lily.
StateAlaska
LocationClearwater Mountains
Date TakenJul 6, 2013
Date AddedJul 14, 2013
AuthorTroutnut
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Rainbow over the Clearwater Creek valley. From Clearwater Mountains in Alaska.
Rainbow over the Clearwater Creek valley.
StateAlaska
LocationClearwater Mountains
Date TakenJul 6, 2013
Date AddedJul 14, 2013
AuthorTroutnut
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Valeriana capitata From Clearwater Mountains in Alaska.
Valeriana capitata
StateAlaska
LocationClearwater Mountains
Date TakenJul 6, 2013
Date AddedJul 14, 2013
AuthorTroutnut
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Bear flower (Boykinia richardsonii) From Clearwater Mountains in Alaska.
Bear flower (Boykinia richardsonii)
StateAlaska
LocationClearwater Mountains
Date TakenJul 6, 2013
Date AddedJul 14, 2013
AuthorTroutnut
CameraNikon Coolpix P7700
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