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R09 TR: Into the Crystal Range, Desolation Wilderness, 9/8-9/11 2016

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 11:03 am
by cmon4day
Second BP trip of the year into Desolation Wilderness. This time from the west. Started at the Twin TH at Wright lake and headed up to Twin Lakes.
Crossing the outlet of Lower Twin
Crossing the outlet of Lower Twin
We found a nice campsite at the upper Twin Lake
View From Our Campsite
View From Our Campsite
Evening at Upper Twin
Evening at Upper Twin
The next day we headed out XC up and over the ridge into the Tyler /Gertrude drainage on our way to Rockbound Pass
Tyler Lake
Tyler Lake
Karl at Rockbound Pass
Karl at Rockbound Pass
Once over Rockbound we headed over to Doris Lake for the night.
Doris Lake in the Morning
Doris Lake in the Morning
Our Campsite at Doris
Our Campsite at Doris
From Doris we headed north past Schmidell up to Leland Pass where we stopped for lunch. From there we went XC again up and over between Silver and Red Peaks down to Lake #3.
Heading up to Leland Pass
Heading up to Leland Pass
Lunch Break overlooking Leland Lakes
Lunch Break overlooking Leland Lakes
XC over to Lake #3
XC over to Lake #3
Lake #3 showing the saddle we crossed
Lake #3 showing the saddle we crossed
After a long break at Lake #3 we headed down to Lawrence Lake for our last night. We had a nice camp on the eastern side of Lawrence and went for a refreshing swim. The next morning we headed out back to the TH and back home.
Beautiful Meadow on way out
Beautiful Meadow on way out

Re: TR: Into the Crystal Range, Desolation Wilderness, 9/8-9

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 3:18 pm
by FeetFirst
Cool route. Thanks for sharing your report & pictures.

When I crossed the outlet at lower Twin lake that log was mostly underwater. I'm not sure if it was just knocked off of its perch or if the water was higher.

Re: TR: Into the Crystal Range, Desolation Wilderness, 9/8-9

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 7:10 pm
by balzaccom
Nice report!

Re: TR: Into the Crystal Range, Desolation Wilderness, 9/8-9

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2016 11:16 pm
by windknot
Thanks for the report! That's a neat route connecting several areas that I've visited separately but not together.

Re: TR: Into the Crystal Range, Desolation Wilderness, 9/8-9

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 10:32 am
by cmon4day
Feet First and Windknot,

Yes, it was a fun route. It was a good mix of challenging XC and trail. Fishing was good by the way at both Upper Twin and Doris. Lawrence appears to have been hammered pretty hard since the reopening of the Barrett Lake OHV trail.

Here is a copy of our route:
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