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"Climbing to Aasgard"

Alpine Lakes Wilderness

Autumn larch trees on the slopes of Dragontail Peak leading up ton Aasgard Pass on the Enchantment Lakes Loop Trail, above Colchuck Lake. The larch (also called tamarack) is a conifer which loses it's needles every year. In some places, entire hillsides turn golden in early October.

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