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shameless bragging about the local scenery... Some of these I took last week, some are older, but the mountains haven't changed much recently so they're still fairly up to date. Mt Heyburn over Redfish Lake Alturas Lake Prairie Lake yours truly on Redfish Lake packing out a deer shot by 24hr friend Snubbie in '13. Actually a couple miles outside of SNRA
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inside the wilderness area
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Beautiful pictures, thanks.
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Did also of firefighting in that area back in 1990, sure was nice back then as well
Location Western NC, after alot of other places
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Thanks for sharing, but don't look so damn smug!
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Beautiful place, and a boat is necessary to really appreciate Red Fish Lake. The Salmon River and the Sawtooths a few miles down river from Red Fish lake.
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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time by the blood of patriots and tyrants.
If being stupid allows me to believe in Him, I'd wish to be a retard. Eisenhower and G Washington should be good company.
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I've hunted both deer and elk here for many years. In my experience, elk seem to outnumber the deer, at least I've seen a lot more of them. Until the wolf intro, there were native wolves here. My son and I once watched 2 of them running a calf elk. Now there are no more natives as they've been bred out of existence by the gray illegal aliens.
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Little less snow this year.........this Wilderness Designation has me spooked. They are good at Taking but not so good about giving back. I can see lots of road and trail closures in the near future. Could make for another giant piece of real estate that is not accessible without a pack train. And road closures will result in much more difficult fire control. Not sure how this is going to pan out.
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It is one of my favorite places. For the last 4 years we have spent about 10 days every October in Stanley. We have seen more Elk than Deer but no wolves yet. Probably because I carry a tag and a rifle.
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We were there in'95 and wish we could go again. The pictures are gorgeous, but not like witnessing it in person.
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great pics --don't stop
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There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle----Robert Alden . If it wern't entertaining, I wouldn't keep coming back.------the BigSky
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Dagger Falls on the middle fork Salmon River about 12 miles as the crow flies from Stanley. That's a fish ladder on the right.
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This rocky ridge is south of Stanley Basin but still in the SNRA. I've shot 3 bucks up there. The 2d pic is the biggest I've shot but not the biggest I've seen. This is a weird one. This rock is about 6' high and is volcanic, completely different from any other rocks around. It sits up on a ridge in the SNRA 50+ miles from any old volcanic activity. I'd love to know how it got here. It's almost spherical so I assume it was a blob of lava blown in the air but I can't imagine it flying that far.
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This is a weird one. This rock is about 6' high and is volcanic, completely different from any other rocks around. It sits up on a ridge in the SNRA 50+ miles from any old volcanic activity. I'd love to know how it got here. Glaciers? Know of some granite rock about the same with nothing but volcanic near by.
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How about a nice sunrise in the Sawtooths? I ran across this while hunting near Stanley a couple years ago. A lightning storm had gone along this ridge and there were at least a hundred burns, most less than 10' wide. There were individual trees burned in small groves and individual sagebrushes burned. It was too wet for any of the fires to spread. I can't imagine what it would have been like to be there during the storm. I would have been running to beat hell straight down the ridge.
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Rock Chuck: Thanks for the beautiful pictures of my old stomping grounds. In fact as I type this I am looking at a large framed picture of Redfish Lake and the mountains in the back ground here on my wall. I took this picture back in 1980'ish. At that time the Sockeye Salmon run to that lake was healthy - sadly I have heard of recent that only a couple dozen "redfish" are returning to this beautiful lake each year now. If I recall correctly the Sockeye Salmon returning to Redfish Lake are the furthest traveled Sockeye on earth? Could you please correct me on either of those points if need be. Thanks again for the great pictures. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
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I'll be looking for that buck's brother in October when I go visit family in Stanley.
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Cool stuff RC. I'll be in the White Clouds next week. It's the only place I've seen that gives the Sawtooths competition.
I can't hardly wait!
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I'll be looking for that buck's brother in October when I go visit family in Stanley. Some years ago my son and I drove by the Smiley Creek store. There's a well posted pole fence along the highway for a short distance. There was a great looking buck standing just inside the fence thumbing his nose at passing cars.
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