Seven Gables and The Pinnacles 2011
Wampum Lake to
Negit Lake
Monday, August 22, 2011
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was our day to traverse around The Pinnacles, a long ridge of rocky
peaks. We followed West Pinnacles Creek downstream past several
lakes, then traversed around the end of The Pinnacles, but about 2000
feet above Piute Canyon. We could hear Piute Creek roaring far
below from time to time. Travel was fairly easy over to East
Pinnacles Creek, which we followed upstream to the first lake, Negit
Lake. Journal Entry: Awoke to partly cloudy skies. Clouds built throughout the day but are dissipating now at 6:30pm. Felt only a few raindrops mid-day. Headed down-valley past a string of lakes: Old Squaw Lake, Big Chief Lake, and Spearpoint Lake. Crossed a ridge to Pemmican Lake, then started our traverse to East Pinnacles Creek. Straightforward off-trail travel with views of Piute Canyon, up to Piute Pass, Pilot Knob, and Mt. Humphreys. Dropped down a bit to East Pinnacles Creek and followed it up to Negit Lake. Got here around 3:30. Mosquitos are around, worse than yesterday eve. Tomorrow we plan to cross Stough Pass to Seven Gables Lakes. |
 Wampum Lake |
 Old Squaw Lake and creek |
 Big Chief Lake stretching below |
 Big Chief Lake |
 Big Chief Lake above Spearpoint Lake |
 Big Chief Lake above Spearpoint Lake |
 Piute Canyon, Pilot Knob splits the valleys Mt. Humphreys to its right |
 Piute Canyon, Pilot Knob, Mt. Humphreys |
 Snow bridging over East Pinnacles Creek |
 Negit Lake |
 campsite at Negit Lake |
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