Trip Report
Silver Lake (Monte Cristo)
Hiked up to Silver lake Saturday afternoon after getting lucky with a great parking spot in a very full parking lot. Very busy at the Lake, and an amazing weather window. Great weekend!
Joe Osowski
July 24, 2016
- Sun, Jul 24, 2016
- Backpacking & Scrambling
- Successful
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- Road suitable for all vehicles
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Very poorly maintained trial up to the lake.
Hiked up to Silver lake Saturday afternoon after getting lucky with a great parking spot in a very full parking lot. Took about 3.5 / 4 hrs car to camp at Silver. A lot of camp spots, but it was a very busy weekend up there. Saturday had mixed clouds with a low ceiling blocking all views. No mosquitos, but a lot of annoying gnats. Woke up Sunday to perfect blue skies. Took in all the scenery! We had a strong group so we did an easy scramble up to the South summit of Silvertip Peak.
- Car to Camp 3.5 hrs
- Camp to summit 2 hrs
- Summit to camp 2 hrs
- Camp to car 3.5 hrs.
(We took a lot of photos)