I spent the long weekend at Fremont Lake, in the Hoover Wilderness on the north side of Yosemite. Spent two nights there, and in-between hiked peaklets on the south side of the lake and took pictures. Then drank wine.
There was no snow to deal with, though I guess there was snow nearby because I saw someone carrying a huge chunk of it because they had beer that needed cooling. The Walker River crossing was just above knee-deep and very cold, but no big deal otherwise. There were fish flies at Fremont Lake but no real mosquitoes - yet. There were lots of mosquitoes at the Walker River crossing (the only real mosquito issue...I think that crossing is the mosquito's true homeland). On the way in there was only one tree across the trail that needed to be stepped around, on the way out it was gone.
It was very crowded there - I'm guessing the combination of early melt, relatively lower terrain, and out-of-quota-period attracted a lot of people. Still, I found a spot above the lake with barely enough flat ground for one tent, and it worked fine.
Leavitt Meadow from CA-108:
Roosevelt Lake:
Fremont Lake from my campsite:
Alpenglow:
View of Tower Peak:
Fremont Lake from above:
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/27/2013 09:02PM by ttilley.