Re: Hoover wilderness - Robinson lakes trailhead

Headed out from Robinson lakes trailhead in Mono Village for a 3 night backpacking trip in the Hoover wilderness (Wed-Sat). Camped at Barney, Crown, and Peeler lakes, respectively. On day 2, after hiking from Barney to Crown, my wife and I day hiked up to Mule Pass, and were treated to spectacular views with clouds building over the sierra crest. The following day, my wife and I split off from the group again to hike over Rock Island Pass, and through Kerrick Meadows in Yosemite. Peeler was a bit of a circus on Friday night, but we had a great, semi-secluded, spot on the west end of the lake. There was only one other group the other two nights sharing Barney and Crown with us. Beautiful place!

Aspen grove


Barney Lake




Smoke from nearby wildfire lights up at sunset




Perseid meteor over camp




Crown Point


Emerald pool below Robinson lakes






Marmot of mule pass






Canyon east of mule pass


Yosemite boundary at mule pass


Kettle Peak


Snow Lake


Crown Lake






Peeler Lake








Edited 11 time(s). Last edit at 08/16/2013 09:30AM by redpakotasea.

Fantastic pictures, bravo! Thanks for posting.
What lake is that in the first photo? Looks like a great spot.

Thanks! Updated the first post with names/locations...first picture is Barney Lake.

Brings back great memories of Barney Lake with its great view of Crown Point and being another Sierra Lake with a sandy beach.

Here are some maps from our Hoover trip...doesn't add a whole lot since the route was on established trails and pretty self-explanatory, but thought I'd add it anyway (may even confuse things with the color overlays). It should be pretty easy to figure out where we camped (colors change)...and yes, we were over 100 ft from the water! Forgot to turn on the unit on the last day heading out from Peeler until we rounded the north end, so you might notice that the red track doesn't start until then.

Questions welcome. I recently picked up a Garmin etrex30 though in anticipation of doing some xc backpacking...still trying to figure out how to use the basecamp software. Not the most intuitive software ever. :-)







Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/16/2013 09:34AM by redpakotasea.

Wowsa! Those are some great pictures of beautiful areas and the milky way. Thanks for sharing em!

Great trip, fantastic pics.

Rare to see puppy pictures in the Sierra, I love it.

Looks like a great trip. I would love to check that area out. Thanks for posting.