Emerald And Sapphire Lakes

Traveled down to the southeastern end of the trinity alps about 13 miles north of weaverville the first week in august.

Emerald and sapphire lakes. Rae lakes loop backpacking king s canyon national park duration. Getting there required pushing through some even thicker bush traversing a few snowfields and finally climbing a rock field up to the lake. Stuart fork trail to emerald and sapphire lakes ist ein 31 meilen langer moderat besuchter hin und rückweg in der nähe von lewiston kalifornien. Stuart fork trail to emerald and sapphire lakes is a 31 mile moderately trafficked out and back trail located near lewiston california that features a lake and is rated as moderate.

Wildlife is abundant in the stuart fork watershed. Emerald and sapphire lakes from sawtooth ridge steve w maria g denise f. To reach sapphire lake follow a narrow path around emerald s north shore on a trail marked by cairns or boulder the south shore for those of you feeling more adventurous. The outflow from these bodies of water mark the beginning of the stuart fork creek which meanders through mountains and meadows until it enters trinity lake.

Emerald lake is actually man made created for mining operations a century ago. There s still a lot of old mining equipment lying around and this is a good place to take in the relics of the area s mining history. 25 mile out and back plus a 7 mile day hike from the stuart fork trailhead in the trinity alps wilderness area. Aufgrund der steigung und distanz ist die strecke als moderat einzustufen.

Er führt entlang eines sees entlang eines flusses und es gibt einen wasserfall und schöne wildblumen. Es gibt verschiedene aktivitätsmöglichkeiten. Dogs are also able to use this trail. Follow the cairns around emerald lake s north shore and then climb 600 feet to sapphire lake.

9 100 feet with a starting elevation of 2 900 feet and a peak elevation of 7 500 feet. Emerald and sapphire lakes trinity alps wilderness 25 mile trek trip overview. Marcus hellberg 402 views. The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from june until october.

Trinity alps emerald and sapphire lakes june 2019 duration. Sapphire and emerald lakes are nestled comfortably among granite ridges in the heart of the trinity alps. Our goal was to make a 4 night 5 day backpacking trip into the emerald sapphire lakes area of the trinity alps.