Trail Junction to Lake Genevieve: 3.04 miles

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Overview

Gently Rising forested Terrain.

Passing to the Right through the trail junction brings you off the edge of the dry meadow onto a gently rising ridge traverse Westward. Here you depart the sun exposure and sandy surface for harder trail under your feet, and forest cover over your head.

These cooler conditions are offset by the heat we generate hiking up the incline of the trail up this long traverse along the side of this low ridge arm.

We are hiking Southwest towards where the trail cuts an "S" turn, passing through a wrinkle in-between the converging ridge arms bracketing the meadow below, and Meeks Creek between them.

Passing through this nifty wrinkle between the ridges we are just below Lake Genevieve.

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How you Feeling?

That very well may depend on just how far you are hiking on this backpacking trip, which determines how much food you are carrying, which is a big factor determining how much your pack weighs.

Climbing to the top of this first ridge does not give you much of a view-those views come a bit further down the trail-but it does give you a view of how you are doing and how your are responding after carrying your pack up this little ridge arm.

Adjust your pace to suit how you feel.

My rule is to stay within my capacities. It's good if you are feeling strong and fast, but don't spend it all the first day in a burst of natural enthusiasm. If you are feeling ragged slow down, and in every instance, "Stay within Yourself."

Backpacking North

Trail Junction

Backpacking South

Desolation Wilderness