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The Three Sisters above the Cascade forest

Fig. 1The Three Sisters above the Cascade forest

Photo: USGS Photograph by Lyn Topinka. · Public domain

Landform

A trio of Cascade volcanoes — North, Middle, and South Sister — above lava, fir forest, and a wilderness of lakes.

Field note

The South Sister is the one people climb. The wilderness around them is a Saturday of lakes and a Tuesday of emptiness. From the west the peaks rise out of old-growth Willamette fir.

A private leaf

Prints from Three Sisters


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

The prints

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