Ted's Hiking World Crooked Lakes Trail
Tahoe National Forest

June 26, 2015

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Carr Lake

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Delany Lake and its catfish

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Island Lake

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Leichlin's Mariposa Lily

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Another island

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Lupine *
Ferns

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Obligatory hiking accessory

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Yet another pond

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Pinedrops

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Corn Lily *
Alpine Lily

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The big hill

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The Royal Penstemon are exquisite, as always

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First views of Penner Lake

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My favorite shot of the day

This is where Cindy and Ted set off for the mountain top.

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Penner Lake, 6900'

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Slogging up the talus

I subsequently found a website detailing how the Forest Service has re-routed the trail so as to eliminate the "obnoxiously steep climb north of Penner Lake".  Well, the route we actually took was even steeper than that!

I visited this nearby lake just five days later, on a different trail:

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Upper Rock Lake, and Sierra Buttes to the north

The Sierra Buttes are but twelve miles distant, if you can fly; otherwise, it's fifty miles.

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Penner Lake (left) in the Great Basin   —   Culberton Lake (right) in the Yuba River Basin

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Descending the mountain *
Peak 7264

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Tree moss is everywhere

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We're probably going to make it

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Mysterious stuff in Feely Lake

§: The heat got to me today as well; I needed far more rest stops than usual.

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