Ants Basin

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At the fourth of July trailhead everyone gets ready to ride or hike!	Wendy climbing up the Fourth of July Trail.	Wendy cruises by on Fourth of July with the WhiteClouds behind.	Todd doing the same...		looking up the trail
A quick side trip to Fourth of July Lake, what a pretty lake.	The marshy area at Fourth of July Lake with a mountain back drop.	Now on the Born Lakes trail climbing up to the saddle with the views at our back.	Fourth of July lake from above	Time to push, this is where the trail go really steep!	A short down before some more uphill!
Wow this lake is almost at 10000ft, mighty amazing		The ridge above that we climb to.	Marcus is almost at the ridge with views and scraggly trees	We made it to the Saddle on the Born Lakes trail at 10000ft	the ridge line
Looking down the valley we will be descending, surrounded by the WhiteCloud Mountains.	The trail continues somewhere	Looking back towards the Sawtooths	A long alpine meadow lies below	A group photo, before it is time to go down!	Check out the cool geology
what an amazing mountain range	Now down off the saddle by a steep trail cut into a scree field	the steep downhill was full of switchbacks	about 7 switchbacks to drop you down about 500ft	Those switchbacks and rocks were intimidating	Marcus gives the snow a try!
Whoa...	Eric with an amazing back drop..	Chris poses for a cool picture	The group crossing the alpine meadow on the way to born lake	Another rock field to traverse with some huge rocks	A small lake on the way to Born Lakes
These were some amazing rock gardens	The trail the descends to the lake	Born Lake with a great back drop.	Time to go down again to Warm Springs Meadow	Marcus shows how to do a steep stream crossing	Another alpine meadow
The group rides down for a long time	cruising down the valley with big views	Just a small washout to climb through		alpine meadows with mountain bikes	Can wendy make the stream
The group descending still to the meadows	Finally in the meadow, what a long downhill	Group photo in Warm Springs Meadow	what a meadow	Harley can make it	Can you clear the rock garden