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Friday September 07, 2007
Photos - Hike to Sword Lake
The Lair of the Golden Bear is the U.C. Berkeley family camp in the Sierras. We have camped at the Lair every August for 14 years. This year, during our week at the Lair, John and Jessica and Matt and Paul and I went on a new hike: to Sword Lake. The Lair is at an elevation of about 5,500 feet. Sword Lake is probably at about 7,000 feet above sea level. It is an hour's drive by car out of camp toward the Dardanelles Cone near Sonora Pass in the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness of the Stanislaus National Forest.
The trail is only about 3 miles to the lake but it is at high altitude, the day was hot, and the trail dusty. Swimming across the lake before lunch was a delight. We all used the rope swing to jump into the deep water. Despite having our wonderful CamelBak water backpack, John and I both suffered heat exhaustion on the trail back. We were the very slowest hikers but it was still a beautiful place to visit. Here are some photos from our hike:
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Carson-Iceberg Wilderness
trail head sign: 
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Lair hiking
group briefing: 
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View of
Sierras: 
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John on
trail: 
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Scarlet Gilia
wildflowers: 
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First view of
Sword Lake: 
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Nearby Lost Lake
and ferns: 
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Granite bordering
Sword Lake: 
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Across
Sword Lake: 
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Across
Sword Lake: 
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Sword Lake
wood trail sign: 
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Ice split granite
boulder: 
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Ice scored granite
hill side: 
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Indian paintbrush
and asters - wildflowers: 
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View of old
lava flow: 
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Huge granite
split boulder: 
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View of old
lava flow: 
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Thistles in
bloom: 
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Split granite
boulder: 
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Ripe spiny
gooseberries: 
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Dardanelles
Cone: 
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Heart
Stone: 
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Images Copyright 2007 by Katy Dickinson and John Plocher
Posted at 11:15PM Sep 07, 2007 by katysblog in Home & Family |
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