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258 Me at the Onion Valley Trailhead - the trail to Golden Trout Lakes starts at the same spot as the Kearsarge Pass Trail
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278 The Golden Trout Lakes Trail is much less traveled, so the path is narrower, and gets faint in spots
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294 This is a zoomed-in shot of the waterfall on the Golden Trout Lakes Trail - you can see it from the Onion Valley parking lot
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295 Kearsarge Peak (12598 feet elevation) is up beyond that crag as we continue up the Golden Trout Lakes Trail
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305 Independence Peak (11742 ft elev), left, and University Peak (13589 ft elev), far right, from the Golden Trout Lakes Trail
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312 Video of the waterfall on the Golden Trout Lakes Trail, which was barely running in late July 2021
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313 The waterfall was within that dark patch on the left, and the Golden Trout Lakes Trail angled upward to the right
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324 Zoomed-in view back down at the Onion Valley parking lot, with our car visible between those trees on the right
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329 The Golden Trout Lakes Trail split into many pieces as it climbed steep scree and loose rocks - it was hard hiking, and hot
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333 Peak 11995 is west of the Golden Trout Lakes Trail as VIcki climbs the steep scree east of the waterfall
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337 While we stopped to catch our breath, we met up with Kat and her puppy Bryson - they hiked along with us that day
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339 After the steep scree, the trails coalesced into one proper trail, which was a relief, even though it still climbed
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340 Looking down into Onion Valley from the Golden Trout Lakes Trail, showing the steep scree switchbacks we'd climbed
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343 Panorama view over Onion Valley (below, left) from the Golden Trout Lakes Trail with Independence and University Peak
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353 View down into Onion Valley from the Golden Trout Lakes Trail, with Independence Peak across the way
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369 There was a flat area with one camping spot just above the waterfall on the Golden Trout Lakes Trail
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379 A rare photo of me on the trail - it was hot so I was wearing a short sleeve shirt, which is even more rare
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381 Vicki, looking back down the Golden Trout Lakes Trail, with Robinson Lake on the left and University Peak on the right
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386 When it comes to climbing, the Golden Trout Lakes Trail doesn't go in half way - this trail was steep and didn't let up
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387 View south toward Independence Peak and the Robinson Lake valley from the Golden Trout Lakes Trail
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399 Bryson was just a puppy but he was doing a pretty good job - this was a very steep trail.
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402 The views disappeared as the Golden Trout Lakes Trail entered a narrow gully with the creek flowing down below
