Two words: norovirus sucks. I'm writing this post at 3am in between praying to the porcelain goddess (oh please don't let my husband and son get this too!). But since looking at pretty pictures of mountains helps me feel better, here are a few of one of my favorite spots in the Sierra Nevada: Third Recess, a canyon in the Mono Lakes area. Last year I did a
Thursday Adventure post about Fourth Recess Lake, in the next canyon over, and Fourth Recess is lovely too - but Third Recess is my favorite, because it doesn't have a trail and therefore sees very few visitors. Wish I was there right now, without any norovirus.
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| Third Recess Canyon. You can scramble up that slope behind the lake to a higher cirque and then make a few 3rd and 4th class ascents of various peaks. |
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| The lake is gorgeous - a deep blue-green and perfectly clear. For some reason you never get the same shade of blue in Colorado lakes. |
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| My husband Robert, enjoying the view. We were the only people in the canyon. |
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| Ruby Lake and a variety of peaks, seen from the trail over 12,000 foot Mono Pass |
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| View from near the Mosquito Flat trailhead, after hiking out. This is the highest trailhead in the Sierra, at 10.300 feet. |
