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Baldface-Royce Range Traverse, June 2007

A one-day traverse of the Baldfaces and the Royces. Camped overnight in Evans Notch and took some photos from below the next day.
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you should see an image here Very early morning at Baldface Circle trailhead: mist on a pond.
you should see an image here There were pink lady's slippers coming out of the shadows everywhere we looked.
you should see an image here A pure white lady's slipper catches the sunlight.
you should see an image here Doug stops to photograph a mossy stream.
you should see an image here We saw almost as many white lady's slippers as pink ones.
you should see an image here Clintonia a.k.a. bluebead lily.
you should see an image here Yet another pink lady's slipper. I didn't even notice the tiny beetles when I took this shot.
you should see an image here This lady's slipper is unusual: it has extra petals.
you should see an image here Bunchberry, a.k.a. Canadian Dogwood.
you should see an image here We step out of the woods on top of Eastman Mountain, and get a view north to South Balface.
you should see an image here Ron enjoying the view from Eastman.
you should see an image here We next exit the woods on Baldface Knob, right below the summit of South Baldface. Doug enjoys the view as he hikes.
you should see an image here A view south to Eastman Mountain from Baldface Knob.
you should see an image here An interesting little cliff is visible on the south side of South Baldface.
you should see an image here Mike, Jeff, and Brian taking a break in a meadow.
you should see an image here Brian looking north to Bicknell Ridge and Mount Moriah from the eastern shoulder of South Baldface.
you should see an image here Doug posing for Erin on the giant cairn on South Baldface's eastern shoulder.
you should see an image here Looking down on the shoulder as we climb to the summit of South Baldface.
you should see an image here A view south to Baldface Knob and Eastman Mountain.
you should see an image here A view east down to the shoulder and the ledges below it.
you should see an image here North Baldface seen from South Baldface.
you should see an image here Looking south to the ledges from the ridge between the Baldfaces.
you should see an image here A mountain azalea, a.k.a. rhodora.
you should see an image here Mike climbing the steep section just before the summit of North Baldface. Can you see the others in the distance?
you should see an image here View northeast to Eagle Crag, Mt Meader, the Royces, Speckled Mountain, and Caribou Mountain from North Baldface.
you should see an image here Ron, Doug, Amy, and Erin on Eagle Crag.
you should see an image here Painted Trillium.
you should see an image here Peering into the Basin from the summit of Mt Meader.
you should see an image here The remains of the old West Royce fire tower.
you should see an image here Cairns on the summit of East Royce.
you should see an image here Ron shows some fatigue but makes it to the top of East Royce.
you should see an image here Doug, sweating hard, makes it too.
you should see an image here Time to relax and enjoy the view.

Day Two

I drove back south below the ridge I'd hiked the day before, and took a short hike up Little Deer Hill.
you should see an image here In the morning at my campsite, I found this moth on a poorly-chosen resting spot.
you should see an image here The cliffs of Evans Notch.
you should see an image here Swallowtail Butterflies on the shore of Basin Pond.
you should see an image here More of the butterflies.
you should see an image here Did I mention, these are Eastern Tiger Swallowtails.
you should see an image here Formally known as Papilio Glaucus
you should see an image here They're sipping water from between the pebbles.
you should see an image here At least, that's what it looked like to me.
you should see an image here It seems they were concentrating hard, because they're usually not easy to get so close to.
you should see an image here Tired of butterflies yet?
you should see an image here OK, one last butterfly photo.
you should see an image here Basin Pond and the ridge between Mt Meader and West Royce.
you should see an image here A bumblebee feeding on bird's-foot trefoil.
you should see an image here Basin Pond and Mt Meader.
you should see an image here Basin Pond and Mt Meader again.
you should see an image here Bullfrog in Basin Pond.
you should see an image here Bullfrog from a bit closer.
you should see an image here Bullfrog once more.
you should see an image here At the dam on the way to Little Deer Hill. It's such a humid day that there is still fog above the water at noon.
you should see an image here Yep, there were lady's slippers here too.
you should see an image here A view to South Baldface from Little Deer Hill.
you should see an image here A flock of cedar waxwings on Little Deer hill. There was a scarlet tanager with them, but it wouldn't pose.