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Lake Tahoe appears as you climb from the North to South sides of Fontanillis Lake to Dicks Pass
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Fontanillis Lake
The Southern Bayview Trail Junction
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Both of the trail posts here seems to have a Pacific Crest Trail emblem placed in confusing locations. This is typical of the PCT emblems in the Desolation Wilderness, by my reckoning. But it's really simple: The trail East is towards Bayview, the trail South heads up to Dicks Pass, and the trail North heads to Dicks Lake and on down to Fontanillis Lake. Unlike many segments of the Tahoe to Yosemite and Pacific Crest Trails the compass here lines up with the direction of the various trails. |
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This is the view looking East down the Bayview Trail in the background. The arrow is Pointing North towards North Side of Dicks Lake on the Pacific Crest Trail. Southbound hikers on the PCT-TYT-TRT veer right here towards Dicks Pass. |
This is the Southern trail junction for the Bayview Trail, which leads around Maggies Peak to terminate at Emerald Bay and Cascade Lake. The Northern Bayview Trail junction intersects with the Tahoe Yosemite-Pacific Crest trail between Middle Velma and Fontanillis Lake. |
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Our view here of the PCT heading South towards Dicks Pass, behind the sign post, is a Right turn for Southbound backpackers. | Hiking in from the East on the Bayview Trail means left for the PCT South, right for the PCT North. |
Northbound backpackers on the Pacific Crest Trail will veer left at this junction to continue North on the PCT. |
The Southern Bayview Trail Junction |
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North TYT-PCT: Fontanillis Lake South TYT-PCT: Fontanillis to Dicks Pass
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Okay, you confused at this junction? Good. I have been. Somebody gave away Pacific Crest Trail emblems, and it seems as if they put them on every trail post at this trail junction.
It's not a problem to maintain our bearings, despite the forest of trail posts.
I understand the theory; that each side of the post that points up and down the PCT gets a marker. The problem is that the opposite sides of the post often don't line up with the actually location of the trail, and rarely line up with the compass. The trail that lines up with South on the compass is not necessarily the trail heading South.
But, just keep head'n frk'n South! The compass works pretty well at this junction. South on the compass is also South on the trail. Don't head East. Southbound hikers stay to their right to keep heading South to Dicks Pass.
We are going South and up, up to Dicks Pass, not East over the low rise towards Lake Tahoe, nor West down one of those "little" paths down to Dicks Lake. Unless you want to. Then do so, by all means!
Topo Hiking Map South Next page South: Fontanillis to Dicks Pass 1 |
Backpacking North Trail Guide |
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Backpacking South Trail Guide |
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