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Best Time To Visit: Late Summer through October
Closest City: Lee Vining
State: 7
Country: 209
DIRECTIONS: This trail segment begins at Emerick Lake near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp and can be linked up with Yosemite National Park's High Sierra Loop trail . Please view; Tuolumne Meadow to Emerick Lake via Rafferty Creek, to see one of the possible trailheads for a multi-day, backcountry adventure to this area of the Yosemite wilderness.
DESCRIPTION: After backtracking the 0.4 mile trail to the main High Sierra Loop Trail, turn right and head toward the crossing of Fletcher Creek just ahead. NOTE: The pictures with this write-up show us traveling on the opposite side of Fletcher Creek through the meadow due to high water flow (June). We eventually crossed Fletcher Creek at a shallow/ narrow point just up from where the terrain starts to take on some serious altitude adjustment. A short level wooded area, brings you to the short 0.4 mile side spur of tiny Babcock Lake. There is good camping along Babcock's eastern shore. Unfortunately, that makes for a very short day of walking because of it's close proximity to Emerick. No, our destination for this day was Merced Lake (and even then, we had hours to lazily burn).
More to come!
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Yosemite National Park, Emerick Lake, Babcock Lake, Fletcher Creek, Lewis Creek, Merced Lake, Merced Lake High Sierra Camp, High Sierra Loop, hiking, camping, backpacking*Click on a tag to search for more related locations.
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