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East from the summit of Cloud Peak, Bighorn Mountains

Fig. 1East from the summit of Cloud Peak, Bighorn Mountains

Photo: PJsg1011 · Public domain

Landform

The highest summit in the Bighorns — granite cirques, leftover ice, and lakes the color of melt.

Field note

From the summit the lakes go teal and milk-blue. This is a long walk, not a roadside peak. The wilderness is named for the stone.

A private leaf

Prints from Cloud Peak


Instant paper, this copy only. Write on the white — a line the walk still owes you.

The prints

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