| Pear Lake July 12-13, 1999 |
| This was my first solo trip, and first trip with a real backpacking backpack I might add! I hiked up to Pear Lake for just one night. It's a beautiful lake, basically a big granite bathtub in the shadow of Alta Peak. Along the trail are three other lakes, Heather, Aster, and Emerald and an amazing viewpoint at a granite spire called the Watchtower. The trail is dubbed the Lakes Trail and it begins at Wolverton. It is about 7 miles up to Pear with an elevation gain of 2,700 feet. |
| Pear Lake Reflection |
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| View from the Watchtower looking northeast across Tokopah Valley and towards the granite expanse called the Tablelands |
| Granite exfoliation at the Watchtower |
| Dead Pine along the trail |
| Emerald Lake |
| Pear Lake and Alta Peak |
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