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maverick wrote:Definitely Peter Pande Lake, Annie, and the Minnie Lake this great area, not to say
Ram isn't good, but this area of the Silver Divide is outstanding.
I will second what Maverick says above, as well as recommend Wilbur May Lake relatively near by. Regarding Ram Lake, it's nice, but IMO, not outstanding. I actually enjoyed the cross-country route from Virginia to Ram, and the basins above Ram on the way, more then Ram itself.
The Silver Divide is truly great area. A place I can absolutely recommend in the area is Hortense Lake. It's an easy cross-country up the ridge following the lake's outlet stream. It sits in a beautiful granite bowl that you will likely have all to yourselves. Really nice.
Ditto to the above recommendation. But you will NOT beat the skeets any time in June. They will devour you. If at all possible, try to delay it another two or three weeks. It's really a bummer to go through all the planning and effort and then be destroyed by skeets and have to bail out early on a trip. Been there, done that, too many times.