High Sierra Topix

A few pics from the North Fork of Big Pine Creek, this week. (Caltopo map: https://caltopo.com/m/NQUC ) It's a lovely hike, with lots to explore. There wasn't any smoke. I saw absolutely nobody on the trail (just tents) until Sixth Lake---people like to sleep in! But coming back down there were thousands. My favorite lake was actually Sixth Lake; if you go left off the trail above the last rise you can get a nice view.

South Fork


Second Lake




Third Lake


Fourth Lake


Summit Lake


Sixth Lake


Fifth Lake


First Lake


Not a lake



Trail shots

Tie, these pictures just kept getting better and better. This was a great series of pictures you took. I especially liked the one of Fourth Lake. It is very expansive and the green meadow on the right really caught my eye. I think I'll just have to walk into the picture.

What was the date of your hike? I was out the first week of August (5 days), cumulus clouds were the norm, then thunderheads by the afternoon, even at 9 am.
Very nice, great shots to show off the highlights of the loop, love that area. The sites at top of the cliffs above Forth Lake are quite nice, but Second Lake IMO still offers the best views, highlighting the main subjects in that area, Temple Crag and the emerald green lakes.

Thank you, rightstar and maverick. The date was this Tuesday, Aug. 18. I'd been planning to go out there for a while, after seeing the view from Sky Haven (day-hike from South Lake), but your Second Lake photo the other day pushed me over the edge. Still, I stand by Sixth Lake being my favorite.

2017 view from ridge W of Sky Haven:

Nice shot from SH , considered doing up, but east of where you took that shot from, but conditions where to volatile and not optimal the week of my trip.

but your Second Lake photo the other day pushed me over the edge.

Happy to have applied that push.

Gorgeous.