TR - Emigrant/ Wood Lake 5/17-5/19
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 1:23 pm
Hi. Just wanted to post a quick trip report to help any others with upcoming trips to Emigrant.
On later afternoon Friday 5/17 we headed out of Crabtree (just opened a few days earlier!) and started out for the Piute Creek crossing where we planned to spend the night. We thought we were the first ones out that year but found one set of footprints ahead of us. It was chilly that day and some precip was expected but we were spared any rain or snow. We camped at the creek that night, saving the icy crossing for the next morning.
The next day our plan was to head to Buck Lakes, but after Jewelry Lake we found ourselves trudging through more and more snow, slowing our progress. When we got to Deer Lake, still half covered in icy slush, we decided to head down to Buck Lake and do some exploring and camp there for the night. There was quite of snow surrounding the lake, except for the granite shelf on the north west corner of the lake. My water bottle half froze that night, it got chilly. But no mosquitoes! The following morning we decided to avoid crossing the absolutely raging drainage out of Buck Lake and x-countryed it to where the trail meets back up a couple of miles down. This granite scramble was probably the highlight of the trip. Certainly more fun than all the icy crossings!
We headed back out via the burnout out Pine Tree area, which really, was not much fun. It was a swampy fevered mosquito mess. We were in their house then. Then back up to Crabtree and out. Fun early season stuff.
Sorry for lack of pictures, I only had one or two anyway, but I can't figure out how to embed an image. Does one have to use a hosting service and then embed a link? UPload attachment function doesn't seem to do anything.
On later afternoon Friday 5/17 we headed out of Crabtree (just opened a few days earlier!) and started out for the Piute Creek crossing where we planned to spend the night. We thought we were the first ones out that year but found one set of footprints ahead of us. It was chilly that day and some precip was expected but we were spared any rain or snow. We camped at the creek that night, saving the icy crossing for the next morning.
The next day our plan was to head to Buck Lakes, but after Jewelry Lake we found ourselves trudging through more and more snow, slowing our progress. When we got to Deer Lake, still half covered in icy slush, we decided to head down to Buck Lake and do some exploring and camp there for the night. There was quite of snow surrounding the lake, except for the granite shelf on the north west corner of the lake. My water bottle half froze that night, it got chilly. But no mosquitoes! The following morning we decided to avoid crossing the absolutely raging drainage out of Buck Lake and x-countryed it to where the trail meets back up a couple of miles down. This granite scramble was probably the highlight of the trip. Certainly more fun than all the icy crossings!
We headed back out via the burnout out Pine Tree area, which really, was not much fun. It was a swampy fevered mosquito mess. We were in their house then. Then back up to Crabtree and out. Fun early season stuff.
Sorry for lack of pictures, I only had one or two anyway, but I can't figure out how to embed an image. Does one have to use a hosting service and then embed a link? UPload attachment function doesn't seem to do anything.