While the views of marble mountain and the valley are awesome it had quite a few bugs.
Marble wilderness sky high lakes map.
Sky high lakes july 27 30 2010.
From here it is 1 9 miles to lower sky high lake the first lake in the basin.
3 3 mi 5 3 km 2 sky high valley.
Horses are also able to use this trail.
Anyone who is interested in visiting sky lakes wilderness can print the free topographic map and street map using the link above.
If the intent is to head directly to the sky high lakes rather than to the marble rim then the most direct route to reach the lakes is to take the trail encountered 0 01 miles beyond the waterfall on the canyon creek trail.
The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from june until october.
The lover s camp trailhead is the starting point for popular hikes to marble valley sky high lakes red rock valley little elk lake and deep lake.
It was also only a few miles north of our last trip to the spectacular cliff lake also in the marble wilderness near fort jones california and not far from the oregon border.
Sky high lakes and marble mountain rim closed is a 11 7 mile moderately trafficked out and back trail located near somes bar california that features a lake and is rated as moderate.
Sky high lakes are located nearly 7 miles from the lovers camp trailhead along the canyon creek trail note that this is a different trail from the canyon creek trail in the trinities.
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Sky high lakes july 27 30 2010.
A handful of scenic lakes sit high in the marble mountains surrounded by forests and ridges that beg to be explored.
This was a return three day trip from last year s ltbackpacker s trip almost to the day.
The hike in is not very strenuous.
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The latitude and longitude coordinates of sky lakes wilderness are 42 6184082 122 2318913 and the approximate elevation is 6 024 feet.
The next day we moved camp to shadow lake.
This was a return three day trip from last year s ltbackpacker s trip almost to the day.
Sky lakes wilderness is displayed on the pelican butte usgs quad topo map.
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Whether you are looking for caves lakes or mountains the marble mountains have it all.
The sky high lakes are marvelous but a short side hike leads to an even higher lake that may just be the best of the bunch.
A bear visited the camping area where we were in the middle of the night in the higher tree area but there was no incident.
Be sure to park in area designated and not in campsites.