Did you leave directly from your cabin? I would love to pick your brain on the route you took. I have come in from the south and would rather not go to the lake that way again. The USGS topo shows a trail coming in from the north. Are you familiar with it?
Yep we left directly from my cabin in Hammond Ranch. If you know the roads there, we pretty much took Red Fir Loop to Black Bear loop and started heading straight up the side of the mountain. There are no trails and it is a pretty burly hike involving lots of bush whacking and scrambling over enormous scree fields. I've also done a full Eddy traverse using this route. Left from my cabin, hiked up to Little Crater Lake, then climbed up the north ridge of Eddy to reach the summit, then descended using the trail to Deadfall Lakes, and we were picked up at the deadfall lakes trailhead. A long but fun day!
Bubba Suess - Dec 10, 2012 2:33 pm - Voted 10/10
Little Crater LakeDid you leave directly from your cabin? I would love to pick your brain on the route you took. I have come in from the south and would rather not go to the lake that way again. The USGS topo shows a trail coming in from the north. Are you familiar with it?
Thanks!
OWilderness - Dec 10, 2012 2:41 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Little Crater LakeYep we left directly from my cabin in Hammond Ranch. If you know the roads there, we pretty much took Red Fir Loop to Black Bear loop and started heading straight up the side of the mountain. There are no trails and it is a pretty burly hike involving lots of bush whacking and scrambling over enormous scree fields. I've also done a full Eddy traverse using this route. Left from my cabin, hiked up to Little Crater Lake, then climbed up the north ridge of Eddy to reach the summit, then descended using the trail to Deadfall Lakes, and we were picked up at the deadfall lakes trailhead. A long but fun day!