#pipestonevalley

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Having some breakfast and heading out for another day of hiking as the sun crests over the mountains. This was the third and final day of our trip. We had a lot of ground left to cover but we pushed hard to make it back to the trailhead and the car!

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Goodbye Fish Lakes and Pipestone Valley.

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As we arrived at Pipestone Pass (first picture), we were very surprised to find this sign (second picture), advising all hikers not to travel through the Pipestone River Valley (third picture) due to grizzly bear presence. I guess our maps were a little outdated, but of course we happily obliged and took the alpine trail towards Fish Lakes instead to avoid the valley bottom (with the fourth picture showing some helpful directions haha).

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Fish Lakes. Look at the beautiful colour of that water!

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Pretty mountain reflections in the lake.

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Teeko is all packed up and ready to go!