Vee Lake
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Vee Lake
Last week on my seventh backpack this summer, I was up at Vee Lake. I've been up there a few times over the years. In that high basin even in the mornings breezes often disturb lake surfaces so calm reflections are not common. And when the surface does become calm as this day, the many little golden trout often make their own waves. Wahhhh! Here with Seven Gables reflecting above the turfy shore one of those pesky trout sucked down a gnat as I actuated the shutter release to expose this 4x5 sheet of Provia 100F through my 150mm Nikkor lens. On the turfy shore magenta hued Lemmon's paintbrush were one of the last wildflowers to peak in our high country.
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A group of guys camped a few hundred yards from me did climb SG via the standard scree chute between the peaks. I was atop the north peak a couple dozen years ago. Didn't get close to ML. I pared 20 pounds of gear off my pack down to minimalist quick 5-day in and out thus only visited the East Fork. We visited the basin a couple times during the last decade spending a half dozen days. However as most know it tends to be a breezy area during mornings so getting good reflection images can be frustrating even when base camping. I finally lucked out and my one morning I gambled the effort on turned out to have just slight breezes and I made the most of it exposing several shots.mountaineer wrote:...Did you climb Seven Gables? Catch any of those monster 13"+ brookies in Marie Lake?
thanks for reviving my memories.
My next trip up Bear Creek in a summer or three is likely to be a 9-day laid back base camping adventure into the South and Marie Forks with a group of fishermen relatives and friends. ...David
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Oh man, you're apologizing for trout dimples in your pic? Ha ha! BRING IT ON!!! Gorgeous shot. I have solo camped at Vee Lake and it is something I'll never forget... an amazing experience. The way Seven Gables seems to rise from the lake into the sky, and the various changes in color and shadow play as the sun sets, is an experience that every High Sierra hiker should have.
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