Bridge over the East Fork Lostine River Elkhorn peak? Lostine River Glacier Mountain? Lostine River Elkhorn peak? Lostine River (a little more energentic in this stretch) - it was at a point where it narrowed and fell quite a bit The dusty trail The Lostine river just upstream - a lot more subdued Lostine River Lostine River There were icicles in the river!!! BRRRRR! Bottom of a rockslide - Lostine River below Is this a different profile of Elkhorn peak? First crossing of Lostine River - right after horse camp I think this is Copper creek Second creek crossing - this is where we had lunch Glacier Mountain? High elevation meadow - Elkhorn creek runs through it Looking back at the meadow we just came from - and the interesting rock slides That is the valley we hiked up - Copper creek is down there somewhere This should be Elkhorn creek - neat little waterfall Interesting root formation on the granite Another high elevation meadow - and more climbing A curious little chipmunk in a high elevation meadow Peeking his head out of one of the many holes - there was quite an underground lair... I don't know what the mountain peeking over the top is. I wish I knew. We have finally reached the high point of our trip - 8600'!!!! That is swamp lake in the background The switchbacks we will soon be heading down. They take you down to swamp lake Swamp Lakes basin Still snow in the middle of September! Weird little grass "tufts" in the swamp lakes basin We came from up there about 45 minutes ago Swamp Lake Swamp Lake Swamp Lake I think this is one of the "exposed campsites" at Swamp Lake Past Swamp Lake, there is another small body of water below it. We saw two deer in this area. First view of Steamboat Lake Steamboat Lake Steamboat Lake - our destination for night 1 Sunset at Steamboat Lake The Minam River valley below - that is our destination and low point (in elevation) for the trip Neat little waterfall Downhill from the waterfall Lunch on the North Minam River at the start of North Minam Meadow North Minam Meadows North Minam Meadows Climbing out of the meadow - looking back/down Higher still - the meadow gets smaller and smaller Nice shot of the Minam River valley Looking down from Wilson Pass - Brownie Basin below - our camp from night 2 There goes the trail down the hill Night 2 camp at Brownie Basin The rocky trail - what wasn't rock was dust Here is the dust! One of our last creek crossings The bridge that took us to the Bownman trailhead. Same as the first bridge we crossed to start our adventure Lostine River Lostine River Copper Creek Drainage Panorama Swamp Lakes Basin Panorama Wilson Pass Panorama