TR: Monarch Lakes, Sawtooth Pass, Lost Canyon, Franklin Pass

[AlmostThere]

I enjoyed the trip so much I forgot to mention the marmots. No one at the trailhead had any marmot protection measures in place, and no one had any troubles. We've been told that happens mainly in springtime down there, and one Three Rivers resident who's hiked out of there many times shrugs off any such claims of marmot damage - apparently she's parked there a lot without issues. Maybe she just has a car the marmots don't like?

I think if we do a spring trip out there I might go with poly tarps and chicken wire - wire for the marmots, tarps to protect the car from the wire.