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DAY 2 (Woodchuck Lake to Halfmoon Lake, 6 miles): (Recap: ssss1.) Head for the lake’s south end, cross the eastern inlet, and enter the southern inlet’s meadow. The gradual ascent out of Woodchuck Lake’s basin climbs 200 feet southward over the next mile before reaching a signed junction; take the left fork (northeast) to a minor saddle and descend past a shallow pond. The track then climbs 250 feet over the south shoulder of an unnamed peak above Crown Pass. As it descends, the trail reaches a junction (10,180’) a little before Crown Pass proper; continue straight ahead (north-northeast) here to find Crown Pass (10,189’) between Crown Peak to the northeast and the unnamed higher peak (10,520’) whose eastern flanks you’ve just descended. Continuing, the rocky path descends toward Halfmoon Lake (9430’; 11S 354494 4016101) to end Day 2.

DAY 3 (Halfmoon Lake to Blackcap Basin, 6.5 miles): At the lake’s north side, the route reaches a signed junction with a trail that leads straight ahead (north) toward Maxson Meadow. Take the right fork eastward, ford the creek, and head through lodgepole and western white pine stands.