Spring ephemerals

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Spring ephemerals

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Best seat in the house

Morning sunlight through the trees near the CCC lot.

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Devils Lake. Final moves with the runout underneath. Photo: Henning Boldt.

Fall sunset from the East Bluff trail. October '08.

Ripples in stone

Devil's Lake Hardcore 1-16-2010

Best Belay Seat Ever at Devil's Lake.<br>
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One day (early 80's)we carried a Lazy Boy recliner up to the East Bluffs. I was all for leaving it up there but much to our credit we carried it back down at the end of the day. That's Jeff Kane in the chair.

The East Ramparts Overview
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1. D'arcys
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2. Brinton's
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3. Two Pines
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4. Many Pines
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5. Rainy Wednesday Tower
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6. Four Brothers
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7. Leaning Tower
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8. Pseudo Hawk's Nest
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9. Hawk's Nest

Spiderwort and Baraboo Quartzite

Hawk's Nest to the Bedroom Wall
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The upper trail is the East Bluff Trail, accessed from the Balanced Rock or Potholes trails from the left (west) or from the CCC trail to the right (east). Dropping down from Leaning Tower is the Leaning Tower Gully.

Rainy Wednesday Tower to Brinton's Buttress
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Above is the East Bluff Trail, usually accessed from the CCC trail. Below is the main climber's trail.

Brinton's Buttress to the Monster.
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CCC Trail from below, meets the East Bluff Trail above at D'Arcy's. From the Flatiron (Monster) the Guillotine is right. From the base of the Pedestal, left is the main climber's trail.

View from the East Rampart on a July morning.

Bob Horan on The Little Flatiron, Devil's Lake, WI, circa 1974.

Kim, on Brinton's

Best seat in the house

Spring ephemerals

Morning sunlight through the trees near the CCC lot.

How to be rude

From the CCC trail looking toward Madison.

Our friend the woodchuck

Looking down from the base of Brinton's Buttress 2-1-09

After climbing

Jeff Vogtschaller cruises the CCC trail to the East Bluff.

Birdfoot Violet (Viola pedata) is an unusual little violet, both for its dark shade of purple and for its finely divided leaves.<br>
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It shows up after the Dutchman's Breeches have finished, but before the Columbine have really started. A good place to find it is along the rim of the East Rampart, between Rainy Wednesday Tower and the Leaning Tower Gully.

The start of the CCC trail to the East Bluff.

East Bluff boulderfield under snow, 2011

The cool weather has been good to these guys!

First time climbing outdoors with REI Outdoor School's Women's Intro to Rock Climbing Course

CCC trail at "The Flatiron", and the frozen Lake in the distance

View from the top of Chicago.

Kristi taking a breather after the hike up the CCC trail.

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