2018-09-04
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Along the Granite Tors Trail
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Foliage
Changing colors along the Granite Tors Trail
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Taiga Landscape
Sparse spruce along the lower section of the Granite Tors Trail.
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Changing Groundcover
Along the Granite Tors Trail
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Boardwalk
The boardwalk on the lower section of the Granite Tors trail really helps in this spongy terrain.
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Into the fog
About 500 feet from the top of the Granite Tors Trail I went into the clouds. It was rainy and wet.
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Shadows Appear
Walking along the trail, huge granite monoliths would appear through the dense fog and slowly grow darker as I approached.
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Granite in the Fog
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Red and Green
Tundra/Taiga ecotone at Granite Tors
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Mushroom on the Tundra
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Potholes and Tors
A few water-filled potholes dot the top of this ridge at Granite Tors.
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Open Landscape - Dense Fog
Granite Tors
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Foggy Tors
Hiking in the clouds at Granite Tors.
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Brief, Wet Forest
Down in a Saddle along the Tors Ridge there is a thick spruce forest
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Western Trail
The view of the valley from the western side of the Granite Tors Loop.
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Beaver Pond
Along the lower portion of the Granite Tors trail. Fall colors were just starting to set in.
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