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Saddlebag Lake loop hike map - (for a larger image LEFT CLICK ON THE IMAGE)
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AERIAL VIEW SADDLEBAG LAKE -
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Waiting for the Saddlebag Lake water taxi (Aug 2006) - (for a larger image LEFT CLICK ON THE IMAGE)
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Saddlebag Lake water taxi heads out - (for a larger image RIGHT CLICK on image then select ORIGINAL)
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Mt. Dana from the north end of Saddlebag Lake
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Beginning of the hike - Ten Lake Basin next to Saddlebag Lake
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Looking back a couple of minutes out on the trail: Mt. Dana is still there - August 2006
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Just starting the hike: Wife is catching up with me. For a larger view LEFT CLICK on the image. This is in August.
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We met several hikers early in he hike but only two on the back half of the hike. I guess not everybody does the loop hike. (for a larger view RIGHT CLICK on the image then LEFT CLICK on ORIGINAL)
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Only fifteen minutes into the hike - Saddlebag Lake and ten lake basin hike
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First sight of O'Dell Lake - early in the hike of twenty lake basin loop - started at Saddlebag Lake
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O'Dell Lake appearing ahead of us - loop hike from Saddlebag Lake near Yosemite - August 2006 - for a large image LEFT CLICK ON THE IMAGE
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Twenty (TEN?) Lake Loop Trail - Looking towards O'Dell Lake - for a larger image LEFT CLICK ON THE IMAGE)
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Lake Helen from the top of the trail - on the loop hike from Saddlebag Lake
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Looking back at the trail from the far shore of Lake Helen - to see the people better LEFT CLICK on the image
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Our route marked down to Lake Helen: Note other hikers on the other shore - for a larger view RIGHT CLICK on image then select ORIGINAL)
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Flowers beside Lake Helen - on loop hike from Saddlebag Lake
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Lake Helen flowers
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More Lake Helen flowers
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Still more flowers - near Saddlebag Lake
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Crossing the outlet from Lake Helen: The trail to the left goes to Lundy (for a larger image LEFT CLICK ON THE IMAGE)
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August vegetation above the tree line - To see the variety RIGHT CLICK on the image then LEFT CLICK on ORIGINAL
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This is the far side of Lake Helen (August 2006) - for a larger image LEFT CLICK ON THE IMAGE
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My wife on the trail - loop hike above Saddlebag Lake - Aug 2006 - She's approaching a snowbank in August.
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After Lake Helen comes the August snow field: We'll have to cross it. For a larger image RIGHT CLICK on image then select ORIGINAL
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You can see the trail across the snow field. (For a larger image LEFT CLICK ON THE IMAGE) - This was in August!!
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It's more like ice than snow. It still is slippery. Best to walk in old footprints. (for a larger image RIGHT CLICK on image then select ORIGINAL) - And this was in AUGUST!
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Louise enjoying the snow on an August (2006) afternoon - loop hike from Saddlebag Lake.
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The trail goes over the far snow patch (for a larger view LEFT CLICK on the image)
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Shamrock Lake: Can you see the tent in the lower-center of the image? Just to the left of the tall tree lower-center-right. (For a larger image LEFT CLICK on the image)
