The Big Pine Lakes are a bunch of Nine lakes (including Summit Lake and Black lake) on the North Fork of Big Pine Creek from the Glacier Lodge Trailhead.
It is a very popular trail that we managed to get a backpacking permit for during the busy 4th of July weekend.
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| Third lake of the Seven Big Pine lakes |
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| Trailhead map showing the Big Pine Lakes loop |
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| First Lake |
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| Second Lake with Temple Crag in the background |
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| Wide angle view of Second Lake |
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| Third Lake |
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| Fourth Lake |
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| Summit Lake |
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| View of the Palisade Range - Mt Sill, Polemonium Pk, V-notch, North Palisade, Starlight, U-notch and Thunderbolt pk. |
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| Sixth Lake |
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| Fifth lake |
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| Another view of the Fourth Lake |
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| Black Lake on the loop back |
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| View of First and Second Lakes on the way back from Black Lake |
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| First and Second Lakes, Temple Crag and the Palisade Range as seen from the hike |
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| One of the many wildflowers adorning the trail |
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| Approaching Glacier Lodge on the North Fork of Big Pine Creek |
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| A quick stop at Convict Lake on the drive back |
