Island Lake - Wall Lake Loop

ISLAND LAKE - WALL LAKE LOOP : ~ Aug 2022(60) images

The assumption after a year of fairly intense training and preparation was that I was fit and ready to go. A year ago that seemed like solid reasoning. This year it didn't quite play out that way. A 40+ lb pack w/ climbing gear had me on the back foot for five days. What it did was squelch any drive to push the boat out a bit further and go for some climbs that would call for a fairly aggressive pursuit of reasonable goals while moving thru a fairly long route thru the Island Lake - Wall Lake region. It could have been more, but what it was ended up being a very good warm up - and nothing more.

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HOBBS LAKE REGION ON THE WAY TO SENACA LAKE

LATE AFTERNOON VIEW OF MT LESTER FROM A CAMPSITE NEAR ISLAND LAKE

ANOTHER VIEW OF MT LESTER FROM A CAMPSITE NEAR ISLAND LAKE

THE NORTH SIDE OF MT LESTER FROM ISLAND LAKE

MORNING DAY 2 ON THE WAY TO THE INDIAN PASS TRAIL

TITCOMB BASIN PEAKS : TWINS, WILSON, HELEN AND SACAGAWEA

STILL PLENTY OF WILDFLOWERS FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST

A VIEW OF THE WRONG WAY TO CROSS THE OUTLET STREAM FROM INDIAN BASIN

A PARTIAL VIEW OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST SIDES OF FREMONT PEAK

CAMPSITE AT LAKE 10,831 IN INDIAN BASIN

AFTERNOON VIEW OF THE NORTH SIDE OF ELEPHANT HEAD

A LATE DAY PARTIAL VIEW OF JACKSON PEAK FROM A CAMPSITE AT LAKE 10,831 IN INDIAN BASIN

SUNSET VIEW OF ELLINGWOOD PEAK

SUNSET VIEW OF KNIFE POINT MOUNTAIN

MORNING VIEW OF THE SHORELINE OF LAKE 10.831 IN INDIAN BASIN

MORNING VIEW OF FREMONT PEAK FROM LAKE 10,831 IN INDIAN BASIN

INDIAN PAINTBRUSH, SHORELINE, LAKE 10,831 IN INDIAN BASIN

OUTLET DRAINAGE FROM LAKE 10,831 IN INDIAN BASIN

ANOTHER VIEW OF OUTLET DRAINAGE FROM LAKE 10,831 IN INDIAN BASIN

A VERY SMALL TARN IN THE AFOREMENTIIONED SADDLE BETWEEN LAKES 10,831 AND 10,794

APPROACHING THE SHORELINE OF LAKE 10,794 SOUTH OF INDIAN BASIN

WILDFLOWERS ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE 10,794 SOUTH OF INDIAN BASIN

LOOKING BACK AT THE SADDLE THAT SEPARATES LAKE 10,831 FROM LAKE 10,794

SHORELINE LAKE 10,794

A PARTIAL VIEW OF A STILL SNOW COVERED SUMMIT RIDGE OF GANNETT PEAK FROM LAKE 10,794 SOUTH OF INDIAN BASIN

HENDERSON PEAK AND THE TWINS FROM LAKE 10,794 SOUTH OF INDIAN BASIN

ANOTHER SMALL TARN ON THE WAY TO ISLAND-WALL PASS

THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF ELLINGWOOD (HARROWER) FROM THE VICINITY OF ISLAND-WALL PASS

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF ELLINGWOOD (HARROWER)

SMALL EASILY AVOIDED SNOWFIELDS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ISLAND-WALL PASS

SMALL CASCADE FROM LAKE 10,488 AS IT FLOWS INTO WALL LAKE

EVENING CLOUDS AND A PARTIAL VIEW OF NOW FAR AWAY ELLINGWOOD PEAK FROM WALL LAKE

EVENING CLOUDS AND WALL LAKE AT THE END OF DAY 3

CAMPSITE AT THE END OF DAY 3, WALL LAKE

THE WALL THAT NEEDS TO BE NEGOTIATED TO CONTINUE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST SHORE OF WALL LAKE

ANOTHER EVENING WITH STORM CLOUDS THAT DIDN'T AMOUNT TO MUCH OF ANYTHING

CLEARING SKIES AT SUNSET, WALL LAKE

EARLY MORNING AT WALL LAKE

EARLY MORNING DAY 3 - AFTER THE WALL TRAVERSE

MORNING DAY 4 - LAST LOOK BACK AT WALL LAKE

SCENIC TERRAIN ON THE CROSSOVER FROM WALL TO COOKS LAKES

SMALL STREAM AT THE NORTH END OF UPPER COOK LAKE

THE SOUTH END OF UPPER COOK LAKE

A LONG LOOK BACK TO FARAWAY ELLINGWOOD PEAK FROM THE SOUTH END OF UPPER COOK LAKE

LOOKING NORTH TO FARAWAY FREMONT PEAK FROM THE HIGHLINE TRAIL IN BALD MT BASIN

LAKE 10,450 IN BALD MT BASIN

AFTERNOON VIEW IN BALD MT BASIN

STORM CLOUDS BUILDING INTO THE AREA AT ANGEL PASS

STORMY SUNRISE IN BALD MOUNTAIN BASIN