To get from the south ridge to Sister Superior, I had to descend into the stream drainages of the gulch.
Every detail of the terrain was laid out before me, very much unlike landscapes in Washington's Cascade
Mountains, where the forests are sometimes like jungles, limiting one's view to 100 feet (30m). However,
getting from point A to point B was not without challenge: there was the near-constant need to watch
where my feet hit the ground to avoid stepping on the cryptobiotic soil. It was fun to follow the dry
stream beds, but at times their high walls limited my view of the terrain. I hiked out of a streambed
to a small plateau below Sister Superior.
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