Re: The least visited lake.
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 1:11 pm
North Guard lake is indeed a beautiful place and it is indeed off the beaten track, although not too far as the crow flies from a trailhead. In spite of what appears to be really good spawning habitat it appears to be fishless. I suspect that probably cuts down on what would be low visitation even if it had fish. I too have wondered about Cross but haven't been there. I visited North Guard as part of a fairly long day that began with me moving my pack from South Guard L. to the Sphinxes, then day tripping to North Guard. There is something about doing a solo hike when you descend a long way knowing that you'll have to come back up. It really messed with my head during the descent. Coming back over the top was not as tiring as I thought it might be and I still had time to make up for my fishless day at the Sphinxes.robertseeburger wrote:I have always looked at North Guard Lake on the map.... and never been able to visit. I suspect this is not seen often... ditto for the Cross Lake just west.