Backpacking Granite Lake Emigrant Wilderness

Maps miles elevations of mosquito pass route off tyt to emigrant bluebird maxwell lakes.

Backpacking granite lake emigrant wilderness.

We camped on the north end of the lake. Views hiking forest nature trips wild flowers wildlife birding camping backpacking lake walking dogs river trail running dogs leash. Take a look at the page granite dome day hike for more detail on our route to. The trail is primarily used for hiking and backpacking and is best used from august until september.

A morale boosting milestone that means you are just a short hike from spectacular upper lewis lake. Emigrant wilderness granite dome lakes hiking in emigrant summary granite dome hike stats to reach lakes. I planned a 3 night trip to emigrant wilderness to fish emigrant lake and some smaller lakes. There s nothing like a relaxing weekend in the sierra backcountry.

Start checking them out and you ll be out on the trail in no time. 5 star camping at upper buck lake. Wilderness permits are required and can be picked up at the summit ranger station in pinecrest california. There are 11 moderate trails in emigrant wilderness ranging from 5 1 to 29 miles and from 6 558 to 10 324 feet above sea level.

A wilderness permit is required for all overnight trips into the emigrant wilderness april 1 through november 30 each year however there are no quotas or fees within the emigrant. We will arrive in the afternoon to explore pinecrest pick up our permit and do a short warm up hike. I also planned to do some off trail exploration in the high country. Emigrant wilderness loop trail closed is a 19 5 mile heavily trafficked loop trail located near pinecrest california that features a lake and is rated as difficult.

I haven t adventured much off of sonora pass so i immediately said yes. Return to tyt via horse meadow or bigelow and black bear lake to snow lake. Backpacking emigrant wilderness loops. I picked up my emigrant wilderness permit at the summit ranger station right after it opened at 8 30 am.

Emigrant wilderness backpacking to ridge lake and granite dome the plan dmahler99 september 21 2014 at 20 07 50 a bright sunny morning we set out from kennedy meadows 6200. Dogs are also able to use this trail. Headed for ridge lake 9200 iceland lake by way of summit creek 8200.