High Sierra Topix

jmac's great trip report inspired me to try this same loop, although in the opposite direction. I don't have much to add to that TR. It's been about 15 years since I've been on these trails, and I was amazed to find that I remembered some of them down to each switchback. Garnet Lake was prettier than I remembered, 1000 Island a bit less. I hadn't been to the Minaret lakes before, and of the three I definitely preferred Minaret Lake over Cecile and Iceberg. I didn't cross any snow, at Iceberg or elsewhere.

Route map (from Devil's Postpile)


Climb to Minaret Lake




Minaret Lake






Cecile Lake


Iceberg Lake




Ediza Lake




Garnet Lake






Thousand Island Lake


Rubber boa on the River Trail (not a good photo, but I like these guys)

Very nice photos. Thanks for posting

We may have passed each other! Probably unlikely though, I just did a dayhike from Agnew Meadows to Ediza Lake yesterday, so it would have had to have been between the JMT junction and Ediza Lake. I really wanted to go to Iceberg and Cecile but I was exhausted and didn't want to do more uphill.