Robinson Lake

Before leaving the Eastern Sierras, we were able to do a short hike this morning from the Onion Valley Trailhead: Robinson Lake, 3.5 miles round trip with about 1,400 ft of gain

 View of the area we are hiking to as seen from the parking lot.

The trail is about 0.25 miles from the parking area,

and is in the far side of the campground.

We soon crossed a creek on some logs,

and entered the John Muir Wilderness.

mountain views along the trail

Manzanita in bloom

Mountains across the valley

There were a couple of small snow patches on the trail today.

Most of the trail was steep.

View on entering the lake basin

Robinson Lake from the north shore

We were able to hike around the lake, by doing some route finding and some boulder scrambling. View from the southeast shore

mountains on the south side of the lake

Boulders make nice viewpoints

another small snow field to cross among the boulders

View from the south shore

from the southwest shore

view form crossing the inlet along the west side

beautiful tall trees near the lake

view from the northwest shore

Heading back down the trail and looking across the valley

some of the wildflowers along the trail today: