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002 Ready to hike the loop around Chocolate Peak, starting at South Lake and the Bishop Pass Trail trailhead
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007 The Winter of 2021 was extremely dry and the Los Angeles DWP had already drained South Lake about as low as the dam
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019 First view of Chocolate Peak (11682 feet elev) - I would be circling around behind it today, counterclockwise
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026 Small pond below (and fed by) Bull Lake, that in turn feeds directly into Long Lake, from the Bishop Pass Trail
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033 View south over Long Lake, with Bishop Pass, center and Picture Puzzle (13286 feet elev), left, from the Bishop Pass Trail
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038 View of a cove on Long Lake, with Mount Goode (13085 feet elev) on the right, from the Bishop Pass Trail
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040 Looking north from the far end of Long Lake - the Bishop Pass Trail runs along the right side near the shoreline
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048 Panorama view north across Long Lake from the Bishop Pass Trail - yes, that lake is quite long
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053 I hiked back to the Chocolate-Ruwau Loop Trail junction with the Bishop Pass Trail - it was time to climb those steps
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055 Looking back down at Long Lake as I climb up toward Ruwau Lake on the Chocolate-Ruwau Loop Trail
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058 The Chocolate-Ruwau Loop Trail is rather faint in spots - looking north with Chocolate Peak on the right
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059 This part of the Chocolate-Ruwau Loop Trail was easy to spot - looking south toward Bishop Pass
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062 A small tarn above Ruwau Lake from the Chocolate-Ruwau Loop Trail, with Mount Goode right of center
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065 View southwest from the shore of Ruwau Lake with Mount Goode left of center, from the Chocolate-Ruwau Loop Trail
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066 View southeast over Ruwau Lake, with Cloudripper (13535 feet elev) on the left and Picture Puzzle (13286 feet elev), right
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069 Ruwau Lake, with Picture Puzzle, left, Bishop Pass, center, and Mount Goode, right, from the Chocolate-Ruwau Loop Trail
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080 The Chocolate-Ruwau Loop Trail started climbing north above Ruwau Lake as it looped around Chocolate Peak
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084 The eastern saddle of Chocolate Peak, the highest point on the Chocolate-Ruwau Loop Trail, looking north
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085 View of the uppermost of the Chocolate Lakes, with Vagabond Peak (13374 feet) and the Inconsolable Range
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086 Looking down at the very steep trail down to the uppermost Chocolate Lake on the Chocolate-Ruwau Loop Trail
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088 The Chocolate-Ruwau Loop Trail was a steep shifting mess of scree and boulders on the way down to Chocolate Lake
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089 Looking back up at the Chocolate-Ruwau Loop Trail highpoint - yes, I really made it down that crazy slope
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091 View of the uppermost Chocolate Lake from the Chocolate-Ruwau Loop Trail, with Vagabond Peak, right
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095 Looking north at the outlet creek from upper Chocolate Lake on the Chocolate-Ruwau Loop Trail
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096 Cloudripper, Picture Puzzle and the Inconsolable Range over upper Chocolate Lake from the Chocolate-Ruwau Loop Trail
