Trail To Granite Lake Emigrant Wilderness

We hit up ridge lake where curtis cause a golden trout upper lewis lake where jen and ryan caught many brook trout and sardella lake where i braved the snow melted water temps and went for a short swim.

Trail to granite lake emigrant wilderness. Dogs are also able to use this trail. 3 2 mi est. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash. Bear lake sits just inside the emigrant wilderness nestled in a granite valley accompanied by a sea of conifers.

The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from june until october. Maybe a mile and a half if you come at it from bear lake a half a mile if you come at it from y meadow lake. Granite dome to ridge lake and iceland lake is a 24 6 mile moderately trafficked loop trail located near pinecrest california that features beautiful wild flowers and is rated as moderate. Crabtree to bear lake.

No trail head marker exists at the beginning but the single track begins at the parking turnout. 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. The trip our six day on and off trail journey to remote lakes of the emigrant wilderness traverses a glacially sculpted landscape with broad granite expanses rushing mountain streams and deep canyons.

The trail is primarily used for hiking and backpacking and is best used from august until september. This trip we decided to go in to granite lake which is sort of off trail though not by huge amounts. Backpacking in the emigrant wilderness. Posted on august 18 2014.

2 h 6 m steep incline hike in the emigrant wilderness starting at sonora pass 108 and ending at blue canyon lake a glacial tarn sitting bellow a series of beautiful peaks. Gianelli trail to chewing gum lake is a 8 5 mile moderately trafficked out and back trail located near pinecrest california that features beautiful wild flowers and is rated as moderate. To the north and east one finds terrain dominated by lava capped summits with fields of granite spanning for miles. The trail is primarily used for hiking walking nature trips and birding and is best used from april until september.

In the western parts of the emigrant though still a granite and lava landscape there are more lakes meadows and patches of pine. The trailhead at crabtree camp is easily accessible by most vehicles despite the three miles of forest service dirt road 4n26 which is maintained for passenger vehicles.