Desolation Wilderness - Lake Aloha - June 23 & 24, 2012
Second trip of the season and this time to Lake Aloha in Desolation Wilderness. I had been to Lake Aloha years ago but took the trail from Fallen Leaf Lake up to the PCT and this time the route would leave out of Echo Lake on the PCT. I was excited to get out into the wilderness with a group of hiking gals. Unfortunately Friday night at Fallen Leaf Lake was a fairly restless one because the wind was blowing pretty hard and I was lucky if I got in a couple of hours of sleep. When we woke up on Saturday the conditions were absolutely no better....oh well welcome to the Sierra Nevada. We headed up to Echo Lake, packed up the beasts and headed out on the PCT. The first 2.5 miles of the trip are very nice as the trail runs besides the lake a few hundred feet up. The climb is also very gradual which makes this a great outing for beginner backpackers. Lake Aloha Pictures When we got to Upper Echo Lake some of our group had spotted the "Taxi" sign...Taxi = Water Ferry. We