Boy I wish I would have started doing TR's a lot earlier, still want to post old trips. Anyhow, as per usual I couldn't wait to get back, so were on the road at 2 am from sea level. We were on the trail at around 8ish Saturday morning with plenty of cloud coverage, thank goodness. Nice steady incline the whole way up, but I didnt really notice it until the way out. Spent two nights at these beautiful lakes, full of glacier runoff. Well, you know what comes next.
Lake 1
So blue
Lake 2
Lake 3
Z temple and lake 3
I could have made a album on temple crag alone
Saturday night
Sunday morn
Lake 5 I believe
Lake 6
Cloudripper to the left, Sky haven to the right. I was NOT feeling it this day. I have no idea why. Maybe the view at that nasty talus slope, which by the way was bad. I tried to avoid the talus and go class 3 wherever possible
Cloudripper and Vagabond
Thunder and Lightning lake
Black and Summit lake
Dont worry, I put the rock back exactly where its been sitting for a very long time
As I said I was not feeling it today, so here I am at false sky haven, or that one peak next to it.
Vagabond and Thunder Lighting lake
nasty nasty nasty
Skinny dippin in lake 7. I have SFW pics to prove if you want to see
Cool view
Hung out here for a half hour. Largest glacier in Sierra nevada, and probably most of USA minus Alaska and Colorado, etc. Someone said we lost 33% of it last year alone...
Lake 4 on the way out
Lake 3
I love the 3 tree shadows you can see on the left
Monday am