Eagle Cap Wilderness

Back in mid-August Greg and I spent a week exploring the Eagle Cap Wilderness in the Wallowa Mountains of northeast Oregon. What a beautiful place! We plan to go there again next summer.


Maxwell Lake, the destination of a beautiful day hike we did on our first day


Horseshoe Lake, where we camped the first night of our four-day three-night backpacking trek


Horseshoe Lake at dusk


View from Culper Pass looking down on Moccasin Lake, Mirror Lake (where we camped that night) and Upper Lake


Sunset at Mirror Lake that night


The next morning at Mirror Lake


Sunshine Lake, just down the trail from Mirror Lake


Looking down on Glacier Lake, where we would camp our final night


Greg crossing the outlet of Glacier Lake


Dusk at Glacier Lake


Morning at Glacier Lake

Exploration
Exploring Mt. Howard, which we summited via a handy tram

Lower Bonny Lake
Lower Bonny Lake, the destination of our last day hike of the trip


Looking west from Dollar Pass


The fire lookout at Point Prominence, which we drove most of the way to before the road got too rough


The fire lookout on Mt. Harris, which has been abandoned by the Forest Service and now serves as support for radio equipment


Admiring the view at Vinny Viewpoint


The cab blew off the top of the fire lookout on Goodman Ridge a few years back