Click on photo to see the beginning of a huge tundra meadow.
Notice the enormous avalanche path. A generation ago, snow crashed
through this area and pushed down 60'-80' fir and spruce trees.
The trail crosses a stream just ahead and then splits. We are going
to take the right northern branch and follow the trail as it gradually rises
up a south facing valley. If you instead continue on the westward
branch, the trail steeply climbs to Parika Lake perched to the right and
behind the mountain ahead.