Hiking from May Lake to the Ten Lakes, Yosemite

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Notes of this trip



Trailhead before May Lake

May Lake & Mt Hoffmann

May Lake


May Lake & Mt Hoffmann

The view southeast

The view northeast


Down into the canyon

Down into the canyon

Signs at the bottom of the canyon

Signs at the bottom of the canyon


Walking west to the pass

Misha at the first pass

Resting at the pass

View before the first pass


The first pass

View north from the first pass

View north from the pass

View south from the pass


Little glacier at first pass

Walking down from the first pass

Walking down from the first pass

The pass from below


A little lake along the way

The view west (the second pass is to the very right of this panorama)

A boulder that fell on the trail

Coasting the creek


Coasting the creek

Coasting the creek

The creek crossing from above

The trail ahead to the second pass


The trail towards the second pass

The view from the switchbacks

The view northeast

The view north


The trail flattens out in the forest...

and the landscape is more idyllic

the landscape is more idyllic


The first lake of the Ten Lakes

The first lake

The first lake

Little lake on the left


Crossing creeks

The lake below

The lake below

The lake below


The lake below and the third pass

Another lake to the right (north)

The third pass


The lake further north

Coasting the lake

Coasting the lake

Following the creek upstream


Sign to the third pass

Sign (same spot)

Switchbacks to the third pass

The lake from the switchbacks


Towards the third pass

To the left (south) of the third pass

The third pass

The Ten Lakes basin (southern edge)


The Ten Lakes basin from the third pass

Taking pictures at the third pass

The plateau above the third pass

The plateau above the third pass


The plateau of the third pass

Sign at the top

The meadow


The last creek crossing at Wolf Trail

The Ten-Lake trailhead

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(Copyright © 2003 Piero Scaruffi | Legal restrictions - Termini d'uso )
If you would like to purchase the original, high-resolution pictures, contact me