Pioneer Basin in the Eastern Sierra is a wonder of this world. If at all possible, get there. It's not that far over Mono Pass (to reach the trail head, take Ca 395 then turn off at Tom's Place, onto Rock Creek Road,head to the end of the road to Mosquito Flat trailhead and start walking! You are over Mono pass at 3.5 miles and into PBasin after another 4-5 miles depending on which lake you are aiming for). We crossed the Pass and stayed at Forth Recess Lake which was a 7 mile hike from the trailhead and then did a day hike to PBasin. Unforgettable vistas!!!
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| The Mono Recesses are seen from Pioneer Basin easily…they are the finger like projectiles in the far distance at over 12,000 feet. We camped at the Fourth Recess Lake on the right side of the lake…no one but us. |
This is view at Mono Pass…we had the most spectacularly blue skies after 2 days of rain in our campground at East Fork off of Rock CreekRoad.
This looks stark but it is SO mesmerizing at the top of the world..Mono Pass in
Inyo National Forest.
You can barely see Dave with the red pack on about two thirds down the photo in the center…we were just totally awestruck at the magnificence of this landscape.
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