We drove up to Twin Lakes to hike up to Winchester Mountain and High Pass on Mt Larabee. The sky was smoky due to fires. These two hikes share a trailhead. Total hike of 9 miles and 3,300 ft of overall elevation gain.
View of Winchester Mountain from the parking area.
near the trailhead
Sun reflecting in one of the Twin Lakes as we hiked up the trail
The trail splits at 0.2 miles.
The trail crosses over the pass to the left and continues up on the back side of Winchester
looking down on the other Twin Lake
limited visibility due to the smoke
lookout on the top of Winchester Mountian.
inside the lookout
Mt Larabee in the distance
heading back down the trail to the High Pass trail
heading out on the High Pass Trail
limited views, some wildflowers in bloom
looking back towards Winchester Mt
We would hike up to the low point on that far ridge
Mt Larabee
nearing High Pass
looking back down the trail
Up on High Pass
Wide angle shot of Mt Larabee from High Pass
Coming back down the trail
a little blue sky over Winchester Mt
Some of the wildflowers we saw in bloom today:
looking back towards Winchester Mt
Up on High Pass
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