35 miles of hiking • 11000' elevation gain • 4 nights
A glorious 5-day trip through the high alpine areas of the Red Trinities. It's been a very low snow year, so all of the high country is accessible. We went in via Swift Creek, spending nights at Granite Lake (buggy), Summit Lake (x2), and along Swift Creek. Highlights included nice flowers, two bears at Diamond Lake (mom and cub), great weather, solitude, excellent stars (almost no moon), and a fun thunderstorm with lightning and hail. The Four Lakes loop is always fun but I particularly enjoyed Black Basin and Bear Basin too. We wiped out the dogs.
Elsie
June 10, 2014
WOWWW. Gorgeous! On my to-do list...