Sundown at Cached Lake beneath Needle Point

This image was taken at the site of our second camp at Cached Lake on the third day of my seven day backpacking trip into the Eagle Cap Wilderness Area with the Sierra Club. The peak in the distance is Needle Point, and at 9,018 feet it is still only the 30th highest point in the Wallowa Mountains! The yellow daisy flowers were at their peak late in August. Cached Lake itself is at 7,360 and needless to say the nights in this area can get quite chilly, but luckily with the rising sun the next day the area heats up fast!

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