TR: Rae Lakes area 7/27

[RodofJ]

I drove up on Thursday without a permit; I wasn't really sure what would be available so I didn't really plan much. I ended up getting a permit for Kearsarge pass for Thursday. I went to Charlotte and Rae Lakes, then Sixty Lake basin, and then Kearsarge lakes. I didn't do a great job planning my days; kind of tended to make them too short or too long. It was a bit buggy in places, and I was planning of fishing in Sixty Lake, only to find out that the fish have mostly/completely been eradicated:)

The weather was great and the water/snow were really different than I'm used to - made for a great change of scenery and a little hiking variety without any difficulty. The lake just south of Glenn Pass, I think, was partially frozen and absolutely beautiful; I took like forty pictures and not one of them came out even close to how it really looked!

Left Onion Valley Thursday afternoon and stayed at Charlotte Lake. Friday morning:

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On to Rae Lakes on Friday:

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Saturday into sixty lake basin:

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then over Glenn Pass to Kearsarge Lakes:

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Sunday back to the car; looking back at Kearsarge:

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[gary c.]

Still hard to believe all that snow at the end of July. Thanks for the report.

[Wandering Daisy]

In our fishing forum there is a list of lakes that have been gill netted, including some scheduled to be gill netted. Reviewing that may prevent other trips where you plan to fish only to find barren lakes. There is also good data on the Ca F&G website.

[KevinDo]

Wow still some snow! Thanks for sharing, photos were great

-Kevin