Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho

Bench Lake as seen from the upper with Fall snow

After a long long hike over rock knee deep snow and up some very steep mountain faces I reached my goal of the highest Bench Lake, which in this show is behind me. When I turned around I could not believe the view. The second furthest lake from be is where camp was, also known as main Bench Lake. There is also a puddle right next to Bench Lake, the next one down is Redfish Lake, and finally the furthest lake you can just barely see is Little Redfish Lake. It is always nice after all of the work be able to enjoy such a magnificent view, this is the view I play over in my mind when I need to get away from reality for a moment.

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