Backpacking Granite Lake Emigrant Wilderness

Dogs are also able to use this trail.

Backpacking granite lake emigrant wilderness.

Emigrant wilderness granite dome lakes hiking in emigrant summary granite dome hike stats to reach lakes. I planned a 3 night trip to emigrant wilderness to fish emigrant lake and some smaller lakes. This trip is located in the emigrant wilderness on the stanislas national forest. The trail is primarily used for hiking and backpacking and is best used from august until september.

5 star camping at upper buck lake. A morale boosting milestone that means you are just a short hike from spectacular upper lewis lake. There are 11 moderate trails in emigrant wilderness ranging from 5 1 to 29 miles and from 6 558 to 10 324 feet above sea level. There s nothing like a relaxing weekend in the sierra backcountry.

I picked up my emigrant wilderness permit at the summit ranger station right after it opened at 8 30 am. Views hiking forest nature trips wild flowers wildlife birding camping backpacking lake walking dogs river trail running dogs leash. Backpacking emigrant wilderness loops. Return to tyt via horse meadow or bigelow and black bear lake to snow lake.

Emigrant wilderness loop trail closed is a 19 5 mile heavily trafficked loop trail located near pinecrest california that features a lake and is rated as difficult. From the south the wilderness is accessible from cherry lake along the border with yosemite national park. Maps miles elevations of mosquito pass route off tyt to emigrant bluebird maxwell lakes. I haven t adventured much off of sonora pass so i immediately said yes.

I also planned to do some off trail exploration in the high country. Over the 4th of july weekend my friend blair invited me out on a girls only trip out to granite lake in emigrant wilderness. Wilderness permits are required and can be picked up at the summit ranger station in pinecrest california. We camped on the north end of the lake.

We will arrive in the afternoon to explore pinecrest pick up our permit and do a short warm up hike. Take a look at the page granite dome day hike for more detail on our route to. A wilderness permit is required for all overnight trips into the emigrant wilderness april 1 through november 30 each year however there are no quotas or fees within the emigrant.