Early September, my Supervisor and I did a tiny section of the PCT for "Wilderness Lake Monitoring". We started at Ebbetts Pass/Route 4 and hiked North past Kinney Lakes and into the Mokelumne Wilderness.
It was other-wordly. The 'Northern California Pacific Crest Trail' book by Schaffer says, "...your trail bends noreast up to a broad ridge to begin an incredible route past one of the most bizarre, yet beautiful, landscapes to be seen along the PCT...your odyssey continues with a diagonal comb north to a windcropped sagebrush saddle...".
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| Land Before Time |
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| View North. Huge river in middle with waterfall. Hard to see. |
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| We were waiting for the Dinosaurs |
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| Campsite of cow patties under the trees |
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| Upper Kinney Lake and view Northeast toward Ebbetts Pass |
We checked out and hauled out some randomly placed Carsonite Signposts and one very dated metal sign (below) that were causing confusion for years. People would have had to trounce around to find signs that said, "No Camping 300' Behind this Sign", or "Camp 150' near this sign'. And they don't so they camp right by the Raymond Lake anyway. A map at the entrance to the lake on an Interpretive panel is the idea for next year.
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| don't camp on this tree. okay. |
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| Ranger Buttons by our campsite! |
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| Raymond Lake |
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Sunset from a lookout spot at our campsite at Pennsylvania Creek.
There were spires behind trees and to the right, but didn't get them in the picture. |
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| Raymond Lake- a cirque lake. |
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