Big Pine Lakes 2021
First Lake to Sixth Lake
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
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Easy day despite having to make up some distance from yesterday. Dipped our feet into some off-trail talus hopping between Black Lake and Summit Lake.
Journal Entry: Smoke cleared out, gusty winds all night. Beautiful smokeless blue sky all day! Left camp around 9:30, uphill to Black Lake on trail. Enjoyed the views, then left the trail for the short uphill to Summit Lake. A little talus hopping, but mostly sandy terrain with some rocks. Summit Lake has awesome views from the east side: Temple Crag, Mt. Sill, Palisades, and the top of the glacier. Found the trail and headed down for a bit, then up to Sixth Lake. Followed use trail over to Seventh Lake, some campsites on the north side but we opted to head back toward Sixth Lake for better camping on its west end. Got to camp before 3:00. Tomorrow’s plan is to summit Cloudripper.
 Temple Crag, North Palisade, Thunderbolt Peak, Mt. Winchell |
 First and Second Lakes, Temple Crag |
 North Palisade, Thunderbolt Peak, Mt. Winchell, Mt. Robinson |  south shore Black Lake looking north |
 talus slope to Summit Lake |  zoom on Mt. Sill and North Palisade |
 Mt. Robinson, Aperture Peak, and Two Eagle Peak over Summit Lake |  Two Eagle, Cloudripper, and Vagabond over Summit Lake with Ron |
 Mt. Gayley, Mt. Sill, North Palisade, Mt. Robinson over Summit Lake |  Ron at trail junction sign |
 zoom on Cloudripper and saddle |  Mt. Robinson over Sixth Lake |
 Cloudripper over Seventh Lake |  Sky Haven and Sixth Lake |
 campsite at Sixth Lake | |