Long time lurker, I decided that it was time to finally join and start posting. My girlfriend and I decided to head to Emigrant for a quick overnight for the Fourth of July. We drove up to Kennedy Meadows, slept in the car, then hit the trail on the morning of the fourth (after a massive breakfast at the Kennedy Meadows Resort).
A few miles down the trail above Relief Reservoir.
Looking south toward Granite Dome, the off trail route to the lakes around Granite Dome is hidden behind the peak on the left.
Cool contact between granite and what I believe are lahars.
We followed the trail past Relief Reservoir to Summit Creek. We continued along the trail until we reached a fork in the creek where we left the trail and aimed for an obvious saddle to the west.
Unnamed lake with Iceland Lake in the background
View from camp at Iceland Lake
Morning coffee
Ridge Lake
Heading home, shooting for the saddle on the right.
We have been to Emigrant before but this was our first time heading out of the Kennedy Meadows trailhead. We loved the bar and restaurant at the resort- the massive amount of horse crap on the trail near the trailhead, not so much. All in all it was a great quick trip and we will definitely be going back.
