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Sunlight Basin from Dead Indian Pass

Fig. 1Sunlight Basin from Dead Indian Pass

Photo: Yellowstone National Park · Public domain

Landform

A remote Absaroka valley of pale cliffs, timber, and permanent snowfields. The view from Dead Indian Pass is the basin laid open.

Field note

Sunlight Creek cuts the basin. From the pass the country falls away in benches of stone and spruce. Pink volcanic rock and older limestone share the same walls. It is one of the quietest grand views in Wyoming.

A private leaf

Prints from Sunlight Basin


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

The prints

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