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I was curious if anyone has recently been on Sabrina Basin Trail and near the variety of lakes along the trail and if there are any obstacles other than heavy snowpack? How bad is it up there? (On occasion a wrench has been thrown into my sierra plans, such as an extremely fierce stream to cross)

I at least know the road and trail parking is open!

I am an experienced backpacker and intermediate mountaineer with a tendency to "rough it". I have crampons and an ice ax, etc. Plan to head out in a couple of weeks (today is June 23rd). Unpleasantness is no reason to avoid anything. Impossibility or high risk, of course, would be.

How about the surrounding peaks - Darwin, Mendel, etc? Crazy conditions, huh? Only a wacko or pro would attempt summits, eh?

I'm going up on July 4th weekend. I'll post back conditions.

I would also be curious on those conditions, I'm heading there sooner, maybe this week 28th, usually go to north or south lake tr therefore have access to pass. That now I'm not sure is accessible ?? If anyone knows information on that would be great. I'm thinking sabrina is a better choice early??

Maybe call the boat landing at the lake and see what reports they have from people who've gone up lately? I noticed they haven't updated the "this week's report" section of the website for a few weeks.

www.lakesabrinaboatlanding.com

We'll be up there probably late August.

OP here. I did some research and got this intel -

Alltrails.com has a recent entry (dated 6/16/19-6/18/19) indicating knee-to-thigh high, fast water crossings. Blue Lake "90% frozen". Unsurprisingly, sections of snow that make navigating and following the trail somewhat difficult.

Guy at the Boat Landing who I rang up used words "gnarly" and "treacherous" to describe conditions from meltage of snow.

Verdict: likely a bad idea for novice, casual hikers but doable for the more experienced and prepared

There's a pic on the boat landing's This Week's Report page of a guy crossing George Creek on the trail and it's basically a low angle waterfall.